Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 02:53:58 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: jdn@qiv.com (Jay D. Nelson) Cc: rnordier@iafrica.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Current status of msdosfs (yet again) Message-ID: <199705030054.CAA15989@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970502183214.391A-100000@acp.qiv.com> from "Jay D. Nelson" at "May 2, 97 06:36:32 pm"
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Jay D. Nelson wrote: > Thanks for the response. In my blissful ignorance, I deleted some files > and directories -- which didn't bother FreeBSD a bit. From what you're > telling me, it's not wise to tar up the dos file system to restore after > the format. Is there a gnuish version of tar... I'll grin and bear it. > > Thanks. I'd suggest backing up/restoring in DOS, though that may be over cautious. I have a GNU tar for DOS, which seems to work very well. Don't think it handles long filenames, though. -- Robert Nordier
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