Re: Interesting pop quiz

cp -avx * /mnt will miss any dotfiles/dirs in the root directory
cp -avx / /mnt will get everything on the root file system

Alan Dayley spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> > I found this question an interesting exercise to answer. It is a real
> question that came up the other day.
>
> You are logged in as root in a bash shell. You issued the following
> commands:
>
> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
> cd /
>
> Your goal is to copy your current file and directory structure onto the
> sda1 partition. You can issue one of two commands.
>
> A. cp -avx * /mnt
> B. cp -avx / /mnt
>
> Quiz: Describe the difference between the results you will get from each
> of the above commands, A and B. Which will accomplish the stated goal?
>
> (Behold, the power of the Linux command line!)
>
> Alan
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