How can I dd copy all files from 1 hdd to another but without the target being in an image file?

blooperx3 · 12-05-2020, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Turbocapitalist

I think everyone here tries, but errors do creep in. The formula has a safety added to reduce the likelihood of damage in the event of an error in either the formula or its application. Again, the idea is that you must take a quick look in the manual page at the program's description and each of the three options before it will actually write.

Yes, there are many things in the man pages - quite a large number of good options. Simply, I removed the 'dry-run' and ran it. All the files copied over.

Is there any reason to think there would be a problem with the copied files based on the command:

Code:

rsync -av /source.dir /target.dir

I did not want the "/" after the directory name so i took it out.

Thanks for your help - i appreciate it.

computersavvy · 12-05-2020, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blooperx3

Yes, there are many things in the man pages - quite a large number of good options. Simply, I removed the 'dry-run' and ran it. All the files copied over.

Is there any reason to think there would be a problem with the copied files based on the command:

Code:

rsync -av /source.dir /target.dir

I did not want the "/" after the directory name so i took it out.

Thanks for your help - i appreciate it.

You probably ended up with /source.dir contents in /target.dir/source.dir/ but if you are happy then that is good.