On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:05:57PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Generally speaking, dump is not the prefered utility for use with > >> amanda. We seem to have gradually come to prefer tar, in any > >> version 1.13-19 or higher.
and > Most of the comments I've read on this list from folks who have run > dump, seem to be less than enthusiastic after it bites them in a > recovery attempt. and more. Personally, I am a content dump user and I never had any problem recovering. As far as I remember I have not seen any, or more than tar, failed recovery attempts on this mailinglist. Last week I decided to find out about the dump scare, as I seemed to remember that someone on this list said that dump is more or less as safe as tar is, given normal usage. Despite all my searching, I couldn't find that message on the list again. However, I found something better: the official word from the dump authors. Here it is. http://dump.sourceforge.net/isdumpdeprecated.html I encourage anyone interested to read it. -- | Hans Kinwel | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
