Tillman Hodgson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:33:29AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >>It's a tar implementation that handles ACLs, >>file flags, sparse files, etc, etc, and might >>be a workable substitute for dump/restore. > > With respect, tar variants are not a direct replacement for dump > variants. I suspect that when you said "workable substitute" it should > be read as "substitute requiring a fair amount of work" ;-) I should have said "might allow you to backup systems using ACLs *today* while you wait for dump/restore to be updated." Clearly, dump/restore do need to be updated, and I did not intend to claim that any tar implementation was a direct substitute for any dump implementation. That said, however, if you're used to crufty old BSD tar or crufty new GNU tar, you might be surprised at what a good modern tar implementation can do. TimReceived on Mon Dec 29 2003 - 11:29:00 UTC
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