Copy/Verify Large Number of Files

[thornomad]

Hi - am looking for some guidance ... recently setup a new file server and I was getting ready to transfer the files from the old server to the new one ... but then I go to thinking:

Should I just use cp -R ? Or, is there a better way to copy a large number of files and verify their integrity ?

I plan to copy the files from the external hard drive backup (eSATA) so it should be fast; but there are a *lot* of files and I want to make sure I get them all right.

Thanks,
Damon

[HermanAB]

Rsync is your friend.

Read the man page, it is very easy to use.

Cheers,

Herman

[thornomad]

Rsync is your friend.

Yea - I had thought about that. The backups are created using rsync (with --link-dest for hard links) ... so, am familiar with it. I can give that a go -- thanks for the advice.