[nflug] copy (cp) large number of files

[David J. Andruczyk]

use rsync.  rsync -av /source /destination
man rsync for details, or rsync --help

rsync is nice becasue you can quit partway through and recontinue
unlike cp which starts over again.


--- Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com> wrote:

> try do a tar copy.
> 
> cd /mnt/mus/multimedia/
> tar -cf - . |(cd /mnt/new/multimedia && tar -xf - )
> 
> Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
> 
> > 
> > cp /mnt/mus/multimedia/* /mnt/mus/
> > -bash: /usr/bin/cp: Argument list too long
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Darin Perusich
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Cognigen Corporation
> 395 Youngs Rd.
> Williamsville, NY 14221
> darinper at cognigencorp.com
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Dave J. Andruczyk

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