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

[dittmeb at mail.rockefeller.edu (Bjorn Dittmer-Roche)]

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.

	bjorn