[buug] Using "cp" to backup/clone

[Zeke Krahlin]

--- Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> begin  Zeke Krahlin quotation:
> 
> > However, I want to  *clone the /home folder, not just copy. it. 

> Use rsync.   http://rsync.samba.org/  Fabulous tool; you'll love it.

Way to go; thanks Rick! I figured there's already some utility out there
for this, but I'm so newbie, I didn't even know where to look for it. (It
is also very satisfying to create aliases and scripts, from the basic
Linux commands I'm studying).

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Zeke Krahlin
zk_lists at yahoo.com
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