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On Monday 17 November 2008, Joerg Schilling wrote: |
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> William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> > dirvish is in portage. |
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> > tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true |
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> > backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things |
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> > like versioning, archive management and the all important restore. |
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> star has everything you need for backups and it is based on the standard |
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> archive format. |
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Thanks Joerg, I have just had a quick look at star. Would you know if there |
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is a LiveCD that has star - or will I be able to restore a fs from an archive |
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created with star, but using tar to do it as it comes in e.g. Knoppix? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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