Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:54:52 -0400 (EDT) From: James Howard <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars_K=FChl?= <kuehl@lgk.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backup file formats: tar, cpio, pax, yadda, yadda, yadda Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107261449560.14427-100000@z.glue.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <000901c115fc$fecc0550$162301d4@wklk>
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Lars K=FChl wrote: > Neither tar nor cpio is suitable for backup purposes. > Use dump instead. A lot of people said this. Why? As near as I can tell, dump isn't that great either. There is no way to exlude specific directories with dump and it appears to be quite painful to restore a specific directory (though I could be wrong about this. > BTW this is a subject for -questions rather than -hackers. I sent this to hackers hoping someone would say suitable modifications to tar/cpio/pax could be made :) Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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