Witch cp ?

[Herta Van den Eynde]

Linux doesn't really use file extensions.  You can create a perfect text 
file and call it "thisismytextfile" or "thisismytextfile.txt".  Both 
will be recognized as "ASCII text".

However, if you use *.*, only files that have a dot will be copied. 
You'll miss files without dots, including hidden files.  In addition,
softlinks will be copied as files.

If your /srcpartition contains sockets, Manuel's dd is a safe bet.  (You 
can check by means of "find /srcpartition -type s".)  If the partition 
consists of regular file, I prefer a trick I learned from the Tru64 
manpages:

# cd fromdir; tar cf  -  .  |  (cd todir;  tar xpf -)

because I have the impression it runs faster.  (Haven't really timed it, 
though.)

Kind regards,

Herta


Bliss, Aaron wrote:
> I need to copy an entire partition and all it's subdirectories to a new
> partition; do I want cp -rp /srcpartiton/* /destpartiton/ or cp -rp
> /srcpartiton/*.* /destpartiton/ ?  Thanks for your help.
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