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sarthurs1 is offline sarthurs1
2008-12-01 , 20:01
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I was reading about problems with the new Garnet Vm release and it was suggested that I backup my .gvm file before updating. Well I have root access and I found the file and I created a backup directory called .gvmbackup and I typed in cp /home/user/.gvm /home/user/.gvmbackup and I got a response of: "cp: omitting directory '.gvm' so I don't think it copied .gvm to .gvm backup as I wanted. Could someone explain what I did wrong?
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gowen is offline gowen
2008-12-01 , 21:06
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#2
you need to use cp -r to recurse into the directory.

The alternative backup method is to use tar:

tar zcvf gvmbackup.tar.gz .gvm

and then to extract it

tar zxvf gvmbackup.tar.gz
 
m_stolle is offline m_stolle
2008-12-01 , 21:06
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#3
try "cp -a" instead of "cp":

cp -a /home/user/.gvm /home/user/.gvmbackup

Martin
 

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sarthurs1 is offline sarthurs1
2008-12-01 , 21:35
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Thanks a lot to both of you. The goodwill in these forums is amazing to me.
cheers
 
Machster is offline Machster
2008-12-02 , 04:12
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#5
Or you can install the excellent file manager emelFM2 and press the copy button to the directory of your choice.
 
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