<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote><div>Ive had to do something similar before<span></span>. It is painful, but doable.</div><div><br></div>
<div>* create the directory structure on the target. (find -exec...)</div><div><br></div><div>* create a symlink for every file on the target device, obviously pointing to the origin device. (Find)</div><div><br></div><div>
File system should be useable.</div><div><br></div><div>* progressively replace the symlinks with the actual file (find or script)</div><div><br></div><div>* watch out for actual symlinks...</div><div><br></div><div>Optionally replace the origin file with a symlink to the new file.</div>
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