Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 9:21:09 MET DST From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: lutz@muc.de, ishort@pcm.co.za, freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup Software Message-ID: <199604030606.IAA15998@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> In-Reply-To: <199604021802.LAA16620@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 2, 96 11:02 am
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> >> -Well, I can backup up my system using find and cpio now, thanks to >> -some help from the mailing list archives, but I must say I don't like >> -it too much. >> >> I wouldn't use cpio (or tar) to backup my system. They both have problems >> with special files, sparse file and files with long names. You should >> better use dump/restore instead. I' using the following command: >> dump 0uBf <nr-of-kblocks-on-tape> <tape-device> <file-system> >> Repeat foreach file system. > > I wouldn't backup special files. Why not? I find it a useful feature, if it's done right. My definition of 'right' is that restoring a special file restores the file's inode, not any 'contents' it might have. Greg
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