This article describes how to copy all the files in the root (/) partition between an Apple Workgroup Server 95 and A/UX, without loosing access privileges and without having to recreate the /dev directory. The following commands create a duplicate of the directory structure of the source drive onto the target drive. You can also use this command sequence to copy a directory tree from one directory to another.

To Copy The Complete Contents Of A Partition

Step 1

Mount the partition you want to copy to (target) on /mnt:

mount /dev/dsk/c5d0s0 /mnt 

NOTE: Replace SCSI ID and partition as appropriate.

Step 2

Go to the / directory:

cd /

Step 3

Perform the copy preventing the copy from becoming recursive and without overwriting the lost+found directory in the target partition:

find . -print | grep -v /mnt | grep -v /lost+found | cpio -pdlmuv /mnt

Step 4

Create the mnt directory in /mnt:

mkdir /mnt/mnt 
chmod 777 /mnt

Step 5

Unmount the target disk and perform an fsck:

umount /mnt 
fsck /dev/dsk/c5d0s0

Now you have a copy of the source drive, complete with the /dev directory.

To Create a Duplicate of a Directory Structure

Step 1

Go to the directory containing the source directory to be copied:

cd /a_directory

Step 2

Perform the copy of the source_dir to the directory where you want the source_dir structure to be moved to:

find source_dir -print | cpio -pdlmuv /target_dir

This results in a directory called source_dir inside of target_dir.

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