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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun,  9 Oct 2011 23:11:00 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] copying fossil filesystem to a bigger disk
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On Sun Oct  9 22:34:04 EDT 2011, slash.9fans@gmail.com wrote:
> > i think disk/mkfs is nearly idea for this, and isn't very dangerous.  since your
> > new fossil will start empty, you can't overwrite anything in the old fs.
>
> How do I generate the proto file? Do I have to go through an archive?
> Thank you for your patience.

that's a good question.  if you just want to copy everything, i use the shell
idiom
	disk/mkfs .... <{echo +}
which is the same thing as
	echo +>/tmp/allproto
	disk/mkfs .... /tmp/allproto

- erik