Re: apps Re: Question on backups using rsync

[Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@sbcglobal.net>]

Alvin Oga wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Daniel Webb wrote:
>
>
> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 02:16:29AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> >
> > One nit to pick here:
> >
> >
> > > - find | tar | gpg  meeets all of my requirements for most all possible 
> > >  potential disasters and recovery
> >
> > As I describe on my backup page, that's a terrible idea.  One corrupt bit and
> > you lose *huge* amounts of data.
>
>
> if you don't trust find|tar ... you have major problems with the machine's
> reliability and these brand new commands nobody used for 30 yrs :-)

Hmm? I agree with him. If you don't fear some corruption, then why
make backups at all?

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