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Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.



"Deboo ^" <knowledgeful@gmail.com> wrote:

> Though I have never tried rsync, I can tell what I use and it is very
> simple and straightforward. I use a simple shell script to backup the
> files in my home dir to the windows partition as well as mirror it to
> a remote ftp server using lftp.

You will loose permissions on the files if you copy them to a windows
partition. You should use tar or backup to a proper filesystem.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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