From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 20 19:43:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 697E716A4CF for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web40302.mail.yahoo.com (web40302.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.78.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3ED5E43D5F for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from satimis@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040421024309.41473.qmail@web40302.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.88.164.177] by web40302.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:43:09 CST Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:43:09 +0800 (CST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Stephen=20Liu?= To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." In-Reply-To: <4085DB4B.4040000@daleco.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up my system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:43:09 -0000 - snip - > >>You can use dump/tar to back up the actual data. > > > >I also apply 'tar' command to backup actual data > >keeping the directory tree simultaneously. Kindly > >advise what is 'dump/tar' > > I'm pretty sure he meant "OR", as in "you can use > dump or tar for backup, and restore or tar for > rebuilding" .... Hi Kevin, Tks for your advice. I seldomly use 'dump' command, mostly 'tar' What will be 'dump vs tar' ?. Their pros and cons. TIA B.R. Stephen ===== Best Regards Stephen Liu _______________________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk