current-users: Re: copying entire directory to another filesystem

Subject: Re: copying entire directory to another filesystem
To: Thilo Manske <Thilo.Manske@HEH.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 05/23/2000 19:45:33

According to Thilo Manske:
>
>Anyway, I use dump|restore:
>dump 0f - <dir1>|(cd <dir2>;restore xf -)
>

*ahem* make that:

dump 0f - <dir1>|(cd <dir2> && restore xf -)

otherwise if you botch the <dir2> argument you may end up restoring
into your current working directory.  Admittedly this is not 100%
foolproof because it will function if the fumbled <dir2> exists but it
does give a bit of extra insurance.

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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, BAE SYSTEMS
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