Need to copy a 200GB directory

[Dan Jenkins]

I definitely would use rsync. I regularly copy 2-3 TB from between 
filesystems, both locally and over networks, using it. cp would work, 
but rsync is better if you do need to interrupt and restart or if you 
just need to synchronize changes.

On 6/26/2017 3:11 PM, Charles Farinella wrote:
> We need to copy a large (200+GB) directory from one filesystem to 
> another, both locally mounted.
>
> I'm unsure as to what I should use to do this, cp, rsync, dd?
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --charlie
>
> Charlie Farinella
> Systems Administrator
> Appropriate Solutions, Inc.
> 1-603-924-6079
>
>
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