What syntax to specify 'cp' to /dev/sda6 ?

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

Joe, pls allow me to disect this:
Given:
> /dev/sda1              12G  5.7G  5.6G  51% /
> /dev/sda6             168G   23G  146G  14% /home

The command:
> # cp -rp /home /home.cp
will copy everything in the '/home' directory which is mounted to /dev/sda6
to a directory /home.cp, which will be under '/' (root) and is mounted to 
/dev/sda1 

The correct command will be:
# cp -rp /home /home/home.cp
But that will create a circular problem and won't work... 

If all you want is to 'reserve /home', why not:
tar jcf /home/home.tar.bz2 /home
ET 

 

 

 

joe at actionline.com writes: 

> 
> Since I have lots of space available on /dev/sda6,
> I'd like to copy /home (which is on /dev/sda6 to
> home.cp on that same sda6 drive. 
> 
> But when I tried (as root) to do this: 
> 
> # cp -rp /home /home.cp 
> 
> I got an "out of space" error message because the
> copy was being made onto /dev/sda1. 
> 
> So, what syntax can I use to copy /home to /home.cp on /dev/sda6 ? 
> 
> 
> /dev/sda1              12G  5.7G  5.6G  51% /
> tmpfs                 473M     0  473M   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/sda6             168G   23G  146G  14% /home 
> 
>  
> 
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