Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:08:22 +0200 (CEST) From: kuehl@lgk.de To: James Howard <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backup file formats: tar, cpio, pax, yadda, yadda, yadda Message-ID: <XFMail.010726220822.kuehl@lgk.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107261449560.14427-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>
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>> Neither tar nor cpio is suitable for backup purposes. Well, my answer wasn't sufficiently exact. The question behind is whether you want to back up a number of files or a file system. For the latter case you need a tool that has sufficient knowledge of the file system. Therefore >> Use dump instead. ...for saving file systems. ~ ~ >> 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 :) Eventually that would lead to another dump(8-) Lars To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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