Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:41:31 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk based backup s/w Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020807114131.02d62db8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <200208071626.g77GQne21517@splat.grant.org>
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At 06:26 PM 8.7.2002 +0200, Michael Grant wrote: >>>I'm looking for something to backup my files to a spare disk. But not >>>just something like dump/restore that globs all the files into one >>>large file (a virtual tape). And not just a cpdup to the spare disk >>>either. >>> >>>I'd like to find something that's a bit more intelligent, something >>>which lets me easily get at older versions of files or restore an >>>entire file system. Something which doesn't store multiple copies of >>>the same file and which uses compression and maybe even encryption. >>> >>>If I can't find anything suitable, I may just start an open source >>>project to do something like this. >>> >>>Michael Grant >>> >>Then I suppose you would look at "tar" (base system) or "gtar" ( from ports >>good for bigger than 2GB files).... > >Jack, tar is most definitely a solution which produces a tape archive >(hence the name tar: Tape ARchiver). As I said, this is definitly not >what I'm looking for. > >How can I make this more clear? I'm searching for something has the >following qualities: > >1) The backed up files on the backup disk are accessible individually >(as in I don't have to hunt through a tarball) > >2) Several versions of the backed up file will exist like incremental >backups. > >3) Compressed, maybe encrypted > >4) Support for restoring an entire filesystem with things like >devices, pipes, and in it. > >So far, in my searching, I have found something named storebackup on >sourceforge.net which is a set of perlscripts. It handles only >regular files, but it's in the right direction. I'd like to find >something like this but more complete. > Tar is not limited to TAPEs... using the -f switch allows backups to "f"iles too.... I use it for backups to HDs.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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