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

[ccthomas at joimail.com (Courtney Thomas)]

Watch out ! IF you're not careful, you'll wipe out the drive you want to 
copy. I recommend a dump first.

HTH

Jim Seymour wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:01:30PM -0500, Bjorn Dittmer-Roche wrote:
> 
>>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.
>>
>>
> Thanks Bjorn,
> 
> 	I had a feeling rsync was going to be the best option.  I've 
> never used it before so this is going to be another new one for me.
> 
> Later,
> Jim Seymour
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