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Date:      26 Nov 1999 02:09:20 +0100
From:      naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dump / backups
Message-ID:  <81kmk0$198e$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9911241638080.14710-100000@mail.telestream.com>

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keith@mail.telestream.com> wrote:

> Looking for peoples comments on using  dump  as a backup utility.
> Good? Bad?

Good.

> Alternatives?

Well, there's the tar/cpio/pax crowd. I don't think of those as
alternatives though, but rather as fallback options if dump isn't
applicable, not available, etc.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                  naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de



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