rsync is bad

[Mike Bird]

On Sun June 8 2008 06:50:30 Res wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008, Res wrote:
> > Why do you run a dozen rsyncs?  why not -
> >
> > rsync -vaHz --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' --exclude '/media' /.
> > /media/disk
>
> Actually more to the point, since you are not backing up to a network
> server, why not just use   cp -a /dir /dir /dir /dest
> ...works just as well

I'm not aware of any cp option equivalent to rsync's -H to preserve
hard links.

--Mike Bird