ivanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
=> (Under IRIX) xfs_copy will copy unmounted xfs filesystems, whereas
=> xfsdump/xfsrestore use mounted filesystems. The only real difference
=> between xfs_copy and dd, is that xfs_copy will generate a new filesystem
=> uuid for the copied filesystems.
xfs_copy also traverses the AGF & it seems only copies the blocks that
are actually in use by the filesystem (neat but that means we'd have
to SIM -> libxfs it as well as porting it to linux).
I think the best option is to remove xfs_copy from the tree. Does
anyone have any objections to me nuking it?
The already mentioned alternatives are dd and xfs_dump/restore.
If uuids are the issue (and xfs_db doesn't already do what is
needed), it would be really easy to write a tool to manipulate
them as needed.
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