Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:04:17 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: James Howard <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars_K=FChl?= <kuehl@lgk.de>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Backup file formats: tar, cpio, pax, yadda, yadda, yadda Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0107261401500.65712-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107261449560.14427-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, James Howard wrote:
:On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, [iso-8859-1] Lars K=FChl wrote:
:
:> Neither tar nor cpio is suitable for backup purposes.
:> Use dump instead.
:
:A lot of people said this. Why? As near as I can tell, dump isn't that
:great either. There is no way to exlude specific directories with dump
From=20the dump(8) manpage:
Dump honors the user ``nodump'' flag (UF_NODUMP) on regular files and
directories. If a directory is marked ``nodump'', the latter and all
files and directories under it will not be backed up. That is, dump
propagates the ``nodump'' flag on directories.
:and it appears to be quite painful to restore a specific directory (though
:I could be wrong about this.
Interactive restore isn't that painful, and -x is useful as well.
--=20
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