Re: Copy Files Ignoring Errors

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No_Strings Premium,Mod join:2001-11-22 The OC kudos:6 Host: Wireless Networking All Things Unix Cox HSI Efficient Southwest Chat	reply to steve1515 Re: Copy Files Ignoring Errors I use the tar command described in the following post. I've upgraded to larger drives several times using this method and always ended up with a fully functioning system when I was done. »norton ghost in linux?
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disturbed1 Premium join:2003-09-06 Columbus, OH	Tar is quite easy to use, it's how I create my disaster recovery images, tar -X excludes -cvp . \ \| xz -9 \| nc -q 0 host However, doesn't tar fail at unrecoverable read errors like the OP is anticipating?
disturbed1 Premium join:2003-09-06 Columbus, OH	to forum · permalink · 2010-03-04 12:03:52 ·
No_Strings Premium,Mod join:2001-11-22 The OC kudos:6 Host: Wireless Networking All Things Unix Cox HSI Efficient Southwest Chat	said by disturbed1: However, doesn't tar fail at unrecoverable read errors like the OP is anticipating? Sorry, I missed that part. I'll go get some more coffee now.
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disturbed1 Premium join:2003-09-06 Columbus, OH	Just ground some fresh Eight O'Clock myself
disturbed1 Premium join:2003-09-06 Columbus, OH	to forum · permalink · 2010-03-04 12:31:28 ·

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