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Re: backing up a complete Debian GNU/Linux system



On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, William T Wilson wrote:

> As for software, I would just as soon use tar.  You can use it to easily
> back up any and all files.  If you only want to make a full backup, you
> don't really need anything else. 

There is one MAJOR flaw with tar. If there is an error anywhere in the
archive, ALL files after the error are lost. Better to use afio instead of
tar. At most you will loose only the file where the error is.




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