[ale] Best command to copy a mounted filesystem?

Sun Apr 13 07:31:13 EDT 2003

> Note: I'm not talking about make a .tar file or anything of the sort. 

Why not?

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Thus Spake David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com>:
Sun, 13 Apr 2003 07:15:42 -0400

> I want to copy (as in "mirror") a mounted file system for the purposes 
> of backup.   I can think of a handful of approaches (my first, dd, 
> doesn't seem to work). What's the best way to do this.  Note: I'm not 
> talking about make a .tar file or anything of the sort.   I want to 
> duplicate the filesystem.  True mirroring is not an an acceptable
> solution.
> 
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