Procedure to Successfully Copy Files Using Unix

1.  Choose the copy method

1. cp -rp  --> good for local file systems
2. rcp -rp  --> links are  problem
3. tar copy  --> files > 2GB are a problem
• Tar Push
• Remote Tar Push
  
• Tar Pull
• Remote Tar Pull
  

2.  Verifying that the copy was successful

1. Verify that the destination size is similar (it won't necessarily be exact) to the source size
• du -sk
  
2. Verify that the same number of files exist in both places
• find /<path> -type f -print | wc -l
  
3. Verify that the same number of directories exist in both places
• find /<path> -type d -print | wc -l
4. Verify that the same number of links exist in both places
• find /<path> -type l -print | wc -l
5. Verify that the proper ownership and permissions exist
• ls -ld *
• chown
• chmod