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Re: backing up a complete Debian GNU/Linux system



On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, George Bonser wrote:

> 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.

Use the option: --ignore-failed-read.

(this is a GNU-tar option, but this is Linux after all)



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