Re: [aclug-L] Partition!!!

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 08:51:04AM -0600, Carl D. Cravens wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:07:59 -0600 in list.aclug, you wrote:
> >tar -cSpf - doc | tar -xvSpf - -C /
> 
> What's the matter with 'cp -Rpd' (or 'cp -a' which does the same thing)?

Those don't preserve hardlinks or sparse files properly.  You could end up
with something using more space than it did originally.

-- John
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