joe mcguckin wrote: >Will a 'modern' tar allow me to interactively browse through the save-set >and arbitrarily select files to be restored? > > > As far as I know star as well as even the old v7 tar has an interactive mode, that even allows you to change the filename that is to be restored. It's not point-'n-click of course. harti > >On 12/29/03 12:28 PM, "Tim Kientzle" <kientzle_at_acm.org> wrote: > > > >>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. >> >>Tim >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" > >Received on Tue Dec 30 2003 - 08:53:35 UTC
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