[ale] Best way to copy files from drive to drive

[Jonathan Glass]

Also, assuming remote machines, you can push rsync through ssh (rsync -e 
ssh ....)

jonathan glass

Courtney Thomas wrote:

> Watch out ! IF you're not careful, you'll wipe out the drive you want 
> to copy. I recommend a dump first.
>
> HTH
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> Jim Seymour wrote:
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>> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:01:30PM -0500, Bjorn Dittmer-Roche wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Jim Seymour wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>     What is the most accurate way to copy files from one drive to
>>>> another?  I have about 2 gig of files I need to copy and need to be 
>>>> sure
>>>> they are transferred without corruption.  Maybe something that 
>>>> compares
>>>> MD5 or crc32 values while copying.  Ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I recommend rsync. it does checks like that and is your best option if
>>> something goes wrong while your doing it.
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks Bjorn,
>>
>>     I had a feeling rsync was going to be the best option.  I've 
>> never used it before so this is going to be another new one for me.
>>
>> Later,
>> Jim Seymour
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