[TriLUG] cp and a new fs, eg ntfs

[Derek Linz]

I'm not sure on cp, but I do know you should avoid ntfs-3g if  
possible-- it defaults to it sometimes but you may find you have a  
plain mount.ntfs. In my experience it's up to 3x faster. For the copy,  
I know I've used rsync and had a bootable windows disk as a result,  
but I don't remember the necessary flags off the top of my head.

-Derek

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On Jul 30, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:

> I'm wondering how cp on linux works. I have ntfs-3g mounting windows  
> disks. Does cp have to be ntfs-3g (or fs) aware? If I cp ntfs to  
> ntfs, will the permissions (or whatever is unique to ntfs) get  
> copied correctly? Is getting the permissions right part of the  
> ntfs-3g code and cp invokes calls in the ntfs-3g drivers?
>
> It's hard to imagine any other way of doing it, but I just realised  
> that I don't know what happens. Otherwise the fs tools (cp,  
> mkdir...) would need code for all the fs, and when a new fs came  
> out, the fs tools would have to be upgraded.
>
> Thanks Joe
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