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On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Paul Andersen (ML) wrote:

> Does anyone have any decent scripts for a good system backup using 
> tar? I'd use dump but I'm not happy with some of the bugs they list. I'm 

"they"?  IMHO, dump is many times better than tar for taking a good copy
of a filesystem that not only has the data but that also puts the
filesystem in the same state when you restore from tape.  dump works at a
lower level than tar, so it knows more about the filesystem so it does a
better job of replicating it.