Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 16:21:15 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion on a backup utility Message-ID: <18464.48571.607547.823138@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20080506195452.GE73364@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20080506160602.GA27098@skytracker.ca> <20080506195452.GE73364@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister writes: > How about using dump(8)/restore(8). > It will handle all file situations correctly. > Its main knock is that it can only dump by file systems and > not sub-directories, though you can restore by subdirectory or > individual file. While it will only dump a file system, you can tell it to ignore directories/files. See "chflag" for more info. WARNING: choosing poorly, or forgetting you've done this, can come back to bite you big-time. Robert Huff
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