Copy a large amount of files to usb drive

[Stephen Liu]

Hi Clive,

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> You might want to check out rsync; also I would mount the drives:
> $ sudo mkdir /mnt/hda1 /mnt/sda1
> 
> $ sudo mount -t ext3(or whatever) /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
> $ sudo mount -t ext3(or whatever) /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
> 
> $ rsync -av /mnt/hda1/pdf /mnt/sda

Can owner and permission be retained?  Tks.


B.R.
Stephen