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
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