Re: Migrating /home from too small /dev/hda partition

> > I did 'mv /opt/home /home'
> 
> A somewhat better way to copy the filesystem with the permissions
> intact is to use tar in a pipeline.  Something like:
> 
> cd /opt/home
> tar cf - . | ( cd /home; tar xpf -)
> 
> This insures all files keep their ownerships and permissions intact. 
> You can then delete /opt/home when you are done.

I believe that "cp -a" does just the same, in an easier manner.

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Jean Delvare
http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/