Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 21:17:41 -0400 From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: James Howard <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backup file formats: tar, cpio, pax, yadda, yadda, yadda Message-ID: <3B6212B5.FDFEB694@bellatlantic.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107261309400.837-100000@z.glue.umd.edu> <200107270444.f6R4iBw09131@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107261309400.837-100000@z.glue.umd.edu> James Howard writes: > : Both tar and cpio seem to have problems doing backups on my > : server. Looking at the pax manpage, we see this: > > Use dump. Otherwise, you will lose. Don't use dump. Or you'll never be able to restore these backups on a non-FreeBSD machine. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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