10-29-2012
How to copy very large directory trees
I have constant trouble with XCOPY/s for multi-gigabyte transfers.
I need a utility like XCOPY/S that remembers where it left off if I reboot. Is there such a utility? How about a free utility (free as in free beer)?
How about an md5sum sanity check too?
I posted the above query in another forum. Answers to the above question are welcome here too. My question for this forum is: How feasible is it it write a script in groovy, python, cygwin bash, Activestate perl, powershell, etc... to implement a linux "cp -R" or windows "xcopy/s" program that can continue where it left off after a reboot?
I cannot think of clever way do do this easily -- can you?
I could write it in C++ -- but I'm hoping for something more quick and elegant.
Thanks
Siegfried
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HALT(8) halt HALT(8)
NAME
halt, poweroff, reboot - Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
SYNOPSIS
halt [OPTIONS...]
poweroff [OPTIONS...]
reboot [OPTIONS...]
DESCRIPTION
halt, poweroff, reboot may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the machine.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
--help
Prints a short help text and exits.
--halt
Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
-p, --poweroff
Power-off the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
--reboot
Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
-f, --force
Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Do not contact the init system.
-w, --wtmp-only
Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not actually halt, power-off, reboot.
-d, --no-wtmp
Do not write wtmp shutdown entry.
--no-wall
Do not send wall message before halt, power-off, reboot.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
NOTES
These are legacy commands available for compatibility only.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemctl(1), shutdown(8), wall(1)
systemd 208 HALT(8)