Re: Not copying all files

["Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

These files were NOT hard links. They were actual files.  

Any ideas what is happening?


> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> ...
>
> > This copied over some files, but not all.  For example, in my usr/bin
> > directory  on /mnt/newsystem I'm missing vim while it does exist on
> > /usr/bin. I'm also missing some /bin commands.
>
> Is /usr/bin/vim a hardlink to another file, which _is_ copied?
>
> To figure out this, do
>
> ls -li /usr/bin/vim
>
> note the inode number to the left, and do a:
>
> find / -inum number -print
>
> (insert the inode number instead of "number").
>
> Mogens

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Brett I. Holcomb
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