From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:21:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sandeen.net (sandeen.net [209.173.210.139]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id k6NELkDW012442 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:21:46 -0700 Message-ID: <44C385DE.100@sandeen.net> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:21:18 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Userspace cp and ls utility References: <44C0B0E4.7020403@l4x.org> <44C2EEC5.4020804@sandeen.net> <44C33080.3060108@l4x.org> In-Reply-To: <44C33080.3060108@l4x.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Jan Dittmer Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com Jan Dittmer wrote: >> You could also try xfs_copy, it makes a copy of the filesystem and >> works on the underlying device, with the filesystem unmounted. >> There's a man page for it. > > Is there any difference to using dd when the destination is no xfs > filesystem? And if I read the description correctly it does not allow > to copy individual files? xfs_copy knows about the xfs format, so it only copies what it needs to. dd will copy every bit on the source disk. So, xfs_copy is more efficient. There is no option to copy individual files. Depending on the problem with your original filesystem, perhaps xfs_copy might not be the best choice. -Eric