On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> Sure. To keep from going into a nasty loop, I find I have to exactly
> specify all the files and directories at the root level. This also
> prevents copying the entire contents of the mounted /kern and /proc
> filesystems. This is mostly from memory

Sounds right.  However, you should be able to specify --one-filesystem or
-x, depending on the program, or something similar, i.e.

cp -x / /mnt


Later,
David

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