On 14/01/12 23:58, Keith Edmunds wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:11:03 -0000 (GMT), Ted.Harding@wlandres.net said:
cp -a -X /media /* /media/sda1/WinLinMachine/LinuxFiles
tar -C / --exclude /media -cf -|tar -C /media/sda1/WinLinMachine/LinuxFiles -xvf -
Perhaps you could use cpio as in the copy example here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cpio
with find modified to exclude the destination directory. cpio in copy mode won't compress and decompress, so /may/ be faster than tar.
Steve