* Randal Leavitt <randal [ dot ] leavitt [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com> [070226 07:44]:
> >I am trying to backup my email on a memory stick. I used the cp command:
<snip>
> Um, I think I figured it out. The command that I should use is
>
> cp -R source directory
you could also run:
rsync -av mymail/ /usb/stick/mymail/
rsync is a program that avoids copying data that did not change.
Presumably this backup will be repeated many times.
Note that rsync is picky about slashes at the end of the path directory.
-Bart
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