GNU bug report logs - #14383
cp --one-file-system / will not copy whole root filesystem

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Pavel Machek <pavel <at> ucw.cz>

Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 16:05:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #19 received at 14383 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 14383 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Pavel Machek <pavel <at> ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: bug#14383: cp --one-file-system / will not copy whole root
	filesystem
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 22:10:35 +0200

Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:

> I suppose you could give the advice to ensure that all
> mounts in a tree should be unmounted to ensure that
> the base file system contents are copied.

The easiest way to uncover all over-mounted files of a filesystem is to
bind-mount it somewhere else.

Andreas.

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