cd source
cp -avx . dest
Omit the "v" if you don't like verbosity. The "x" prevents cp trying
recursive copies (copy source/bin to dest/bin, dest/bin to
dest/bin/bin, etc.)
Best way? Dunno.
-- Raju
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>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Bennett <Colin_Bennett@aq.com> writes:
Colin> Ok, so this isn't exactly right for this mailing list, but
Colin> this is the best place I could think of: I have two SCSI
Colin> hard drives. The first drive has a linux ext2fs filesystem
Colin> on it, the second has an empty partition. They are
Colin> different sizes. Can I just do `dd if=/dev/sda1
Colin> of=/dev/sdb1'? Or will the filesystem get corrupted that
Colin> way? What is the best way to duplicate a filesystem to a
Colin> different sized partition?
Colin> -- Colin