Re: [gentoo-user] STAR options have me confused

2009-02-03 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mick wrote: > > > I want to save the backup on a USB drive on /media/sda1. Therefore I ran > > > star as root like this: > > > > > > # cd /dev/sda1 > > > # star -xattr -H=exustar -c -f hda5_root1.star /media/hda5 -C /media/sda1 > > > > This is a useless command line as -C /media/sda1 is executed

Re: [gentoo-user] STAR options have me confused

2009-02-02 Thread Mick
On Sunday 01 February 2009, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I do not seem to be able to run star with the correct options despite > > some experimenting ... and was hoping you could correct my errors. > > Try the command lines from the example section in the man page ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] STAR options have me confused

2009-02-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I do not seem to be able to run star with the correct options despite some > experimenting ... and was hoping you could correct my errors. Try the command lines from the example section in the man page ;-) > The fs is shown to be 1.1G large: >

[gentoo-user] STAR options have me confused

2009-02-01 Thread Mick
Hi All, I do not seem to be able to run star with the correct options despite some experimenting ... and was hoping you could correct my errors. I seem to have done this successfully in the past, but I am getting inappropriate results this time round. This is the fs I am trying to back up: ==

Re: [gentoo-user] star

2007-09-25 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
Hi, Am Samstag, 22. September 2007 schrieb Florian Philipp: > Hi! > I'd like to hear some comments on app-arch/star. it's a great tool imo. > I've looked at its (IMHO really great) man page and didn't see anything > obviously concerning. Most frequently used tar options (-c -x -p -z -j) > seem t

Re: [gentoo-user] star

2007-09-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag, 22. September 2007, Florian Philipp wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann schrieb: > > On Samstag, 22. September 2007, Florian Philipp wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I'd like to hear some comments on app-arch/star. > >> > >> I've looked at its (IMHO really great) man page and didn't see anything > >

Re: [gentoo-user] star

2007-09-22 Thread Florian Philipp
Volker Armin Hemmann schrieb: > On Samstag, 22. September 2007, Florian Philipp wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I'd like to hear some comments on app-arch/star. >> >> I've looked at its (IMHO really great) man page and didn't see anything >> obviously concerning. Most frequently used tar options (-c -x -p -z -

Re: [gentoo-user] star

2007-09-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag, 22. September 2007, Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi! > > I'd like to hear some comments on app-arch/star. > > I've looked at its (IMHO really great) man page and didn't see anything > obviously concerning. Most frequently used tar options (-c -x -p -z -j) > seem to be in place. > > What I'd

[gentoo-user] star

2007-09-22 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi! I'd like to hear some comments on app-arch/star. I've looked at its (IMHO really great) man page and didn't see anything obviously concerning. Most frequently used tar options (-c -x -p -z -j) seem to be in place. What I'd like to know: Is it fully backward compatible to tar? Could I safely