Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:01:29 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars_K=FChl?= <kuehl@lgk.de> To: "James Howard" <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Backup file formats: tar, cpio, pax, yadda, yadda, yadda Message-ID: <000901c115fc$fecc0550$162301d4@wklk> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107261309400.837-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>
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> Let's review. All the tar formats will truncate long filenames. All the
> cpio formats truncate the inode number. Is there a reasonable backup tool
> which does not do goofy things like that?
Neither tar nor cpio is suitable for backup purposes.
Use dump instead.
BTW this is a subject for -questions rather than -hackers.
Lars
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