Interesting pop quiz

[Mike Garfias]

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:
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> 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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