e2cp − copies files from/to an e2fs filesystem
e2cp [options] files... dest
The e2cp command copies files to/from an e2fs filesystem from/to the machine’s filesystem.
A single ‘-’ (dash) can be used instead of a file name to indicate standard input/output.
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−0 |
Input lines terminated by a null character. | ||
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−a |
Absolute directory names − create directories instead of just copying into the destination. Only valid for copying into an ext2fs filesystem. |
−d dest_dir
Destination of files to be copied. May be in the ext2fs filesystem or the host filesystem.
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−G gid |
Set the default group to gid. | ||
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−O uid |
Set the default file owner to uid. | ||
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−p |
Preserve host file attributes (permissions, times, etc.) when copying files. |
−P mode
Set the file permissions (ie 755, 666).
−s src_dir
The source of the files to be copied.
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−v |
Be verbose. |
Copy a file and use the default permission and ownership of the current user:
e2cp README.txt /tmp/boot.img:/tmp
Do the same thing, but keep permissions & ownership:
e2cp −p README.txt /tmp/boot.img:/tmp
Dump a file to standard out:
e2cp /tmp/boot.img:/tmp/README.txt − | wc
Get a file from standard input and put it on an unmounted partition:
tar cf − /data/logs|gzip| e2cp − /dev/hdb1:/backup/logs.tar.gz
Copy the files from one directory and put them under another directory on an unmounted partition, keeping the original paths, permissions & ownership:
find /data −type f |tee filelist | e2cp −apv −d /dev/hdb1:/mirror
Copy files from a directory on an unmounted partition to a local directory (Note: this does not recreate the directories in the local filesystem, yet). The list of files are read from standard input:
e2cp −pv −s /dev/hdb1:/mirror −d /data2 < filelist
Copy a file to a file system and make the group and ownership root
e2cp −G 0 −O 0 myfile /tmp/boot.img/boot/rootfile
e2tools(7), e2ln(1), e2ls(1), e2mkdir(1), e2mv(1), e2rm(1), e2tail(1).
The e2tools were written by Keith Sheffield <[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).