Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:54:54 -0800 From: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net> To: <kientzle@acm.org>, Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: backing up ACLs Message-ID: <BC15E2AE.4F6AF%joe@via.net> In-Reply-To: <3FF08E87.2040003@acm.org>
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Will a 'modern' tar allow me to interactively browse through the save-set and arbitrarily select files to be restored? On 12/29/03 12:28 PM, "Tim Kientzle" <kientzle@acm.org> wrote: > Tillman Hodgson wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:33:29AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: >> >>> It's a tar implementation that handles ACLs, >>> file flags, sparse files, etc, etc, and might >>> be a workable substitute for dump/restore. >> >> With respect, tar variants are not a direct replacement for dump >> variants. I suspect that when you said "workable substitute" it should >> be read as "substitute requiring a fair amount of work" ;-) > > I should have said "might allow you to backup systems > using ACLs *today* while you wait for dump/restore > to be updated." Clearly, dump/restore do need to be > updated, and I did not intend to claim that > any tar implementation was a direct substitute for > any dump implementation. > > That said, however, if you're used to crufty old BSD tar > or crufty new GNU tar, you might be surprised at what a > good modern tar implementation can do. > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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