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Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 10:49:49 -0500
To: Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
Subject: Re: disk based backup s/w
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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)....

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Jack L. Stone,
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