Re: dump or taper for backups?
On Mon, 14 Apr 1997 20:30:24 EDT "Eloy A. Paris" (eparis@ven.ra.rockwe
ll.com) wrote:
> I would like to know which program Debian users recommend me to use.
>
> I am a little bit concerned about using dump since I read this in the
> changelog file in /usr/doc/dump:
>
> I remind you that dump and restore should be considered as software
> in BETA test. Don't rely too much on them for your backups...
>
> This is not very promissing, is it?
Dump/restore worked fine for me so far (even the multi-volume dumps
which the doc claims they don't work).
Dump/restore has an overwhelming advantage over the afio/tar/cpio (or
other wrapper interfaces around these): they keep track of deleted
and moved inodes !
Phil.
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