Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 10:49:49 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk based backup s/w Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020807104949.02d62db8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <200208071527.g77FRAP21414@splat.grant.org>
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At 05:27 PM 8.7.2002 +0200, Michael Grant wrote: >I'm looking for something to backup my files to a spare disk. But not >just something like dump/restore that globs all the files into one >large file (a virtual tape). And not just a cpdup to the spare disk >either. > >I'd like to find something that's a bit more intelligent, something >which lets me easily get at older versions of files or restore an >entire file system. Something which doesn't store multiple copies of >the same file and which uses compression and maybe even encryption. > >If I can't find anything suitable, I may just start an open source >project to do something like this. > >Michael Grant > Then I suppose you would look at "tar" (base system) or "gtar" ( from ports good for bigger than 2GB files).... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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