On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 01:49:42PM -0800, Mark Lanett wrote:
> > FUD! Tar does handle hard links!
> > Try it, before misleading innocent people:)
>
> Well that's good. So why doesn't the --help or man page mention it?
Because deeper information is to be found in the info pages?
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groetjes, ca
> FUD! Tar does handle hard links!
> Try it, before misleading innocent people:)
Well that's good. So why doesn't the --help or man page mention it?
~mark
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 12:52:26AM -0800, Mark Lanett wrote:
> No, don't use tar for system mirroring, it doesn't handle hard links.
> /usr/share is full of them (locales). Tar is only good for user-level stuff.
FUD! Tar does handle hard links!
Try it, before misleading innocent people:)
The onl
On Friday 28 December 2001 04:52, Mark Lanett wrote:
> No, don't use tar for system mirroring, it doesn't handle hard links.
> /usr/share is full of them (locales). Tar is only good for user-level
> stuff.
I have gone thru several harddisk-wide reformats using backups made
from tar -lcjvf (I beli
No, don't use tar for system mirroring, it doesn't handle hard links.
/usr/share is full of them (locales). Tar is only good for user-level stuff.
Just use rsync for the initial and subsequent incremental backups.
~mark
> I have a second HD I am using as a mirror for my first.
> I am going to use dd to initially copy files from one
> to the other and then rsync on a daily basis.
don't do that. use tar.
> Do I need to format hdb before dd if=dev/hda of=/dev/hdb?
don't do that. use tar.
> Someone mentioned I sho
I have a second HD I am using as a mirror for my first.
I am going to use dd to initially copy files from one
to the other and then rsync on a daily basis.
Do I need to format hdb before dd if=dev/hda of=/dev/hdb?
Someone mentioned I should specify a block size. What
would be a good block size f
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