 | | | using dump | using dump 2005-04-06 - By Reuben D. Budiardja
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On Wednesday 06 April 2005 11:02, Burke, Thomas G. wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> What's the best way to do backups? Am I better off to use dump, or to
> just tar up directory structures? I see that dump is nice in that it will
> break up large files automatically (not sure if tar will do that). I
> assume that tar defaults to retaining permissions. (I do notice there is
> -p option)
I always use rsnapshot to backup. See here:
http://www.rsnapshot.org/
maybe that will suit your need.
Another option, use Mondo Rescue to backup to CD:
http://www.mondorescue.org/
I found that either one of those (depends on your situation / need) is easier
than manually tar directories.
I found that 'dump' is not reliable in linux machines. I vaguely recall there
is even a risk of corruption that was mentioned by Linus Torvalds in the
linux kernel mailing list, so he deprecated that. I don't know what the
situation with 'dump' is now though, so my statement maybe obsolete.
RDB
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Reuben D. Budiardja
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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