Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:02:31 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: lutz@muc.de (Lutz Albers) Cc: ishort@pcm.co.za, freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup Software Message-ID: <199604021802.LAA16620@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <v03005b1dad86a369f5ac@[193.174.4.22]> from "Lutz Albers" at Apr 2, 96 11:30:40 am
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> -Well, I can backup up my system using find and cpio now, thanks to > -some help from the mailing list archives, but I must say I don't like > -it too much. > > I wouldn't use cpio (or tar) to backup my system. They both have problems > with special files, sparse file and files with long names. You should > better use dump/restore instead. I' using the following command: > dump 0uBf <nr-of-kblocks-on-tape> <tape-device> <file-system> > Repeat foreach file system. I wouldn't backup special files. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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