cross-device copying / USB improvements

[Simon 'corecode' Schubert]

benny wrote:
Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
why not just use rsync?

that depends on "who" should use rsync?

if you mean that *the user* could use rsync instead of cp 
in the first place - then you are right

but that was the whole point of my suggestion - to give a better user
experience:
IMHO the user should not have to know and install a tool like rsync 
(nor to know mirror-copy) only to be able to transfer data reliably and
resumeable from one device to another... I mean, it's such a basic thing
that one tool (cp) should do it.
I don't agree.  Each tool does its job.  cp does copy.  rsync syncs 
files.  Anyways, I wonder how do you wind up with a partial copy?  Do 
you ^C it?  I can't imagine any other situation.  I believe that less 
than 0.0001% uses of cp are trying to resume a copy.

cheers
  simon