Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 10:18:28 -0500 From: Typeline Webmaster <web@typeline.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cpio Message-ID: <35167D44.41C67EA6@typeline.com>
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Hi, I'm in the process of trying to establish a backup procedure for a couple of machines running FBSD. While using tar for most of my Unix life I've just started to play with cpio. Since I'm trying to do a complete backup of these machines, cpio, from what I've read, is better suited for this purpose. If I need to rebuild one of these machines after a crash I'd just want to reload the OS and restore from tape. I've already tried using the following script using cpio and was wondering if this is sufficient: find / -print -depth | cpio -ov > /dev/rst0 To restore to / I've run: cpio -ivd < /dev/rst0 Is this procedure safe enough to restore everything including any dev special files etc.? Thanks Bob Badaracco To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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