> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:28:37 -0500 > From: Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> > To: akhiezer <[email protected]>, > BLFS Support List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs > > akhiezer wrote: > > > The reason I didn't mention tar is that on various systems and versions, it > > can (at least historically) be a bit fiddly to preserve some > > permissions/ownerships/timestamps - depends on how much you're bothered > > about > > that - and sometimes chokes on 'special' files: hence the use instead of the > > likes of cpio; perhaps the newer tars are better in this respect. > > Which "special" files? The only ones I can think of are on virtual or > temporary filesystems and will be recreated when rebooted. > > One way to make sure is to add --one-file-system when creating the archive. >
- sockets, devs, doors, the usual stuff: I interpreted the original problem sub-item spec as getting a byte-for-byte copy of the lfs partition(s) as-is, and then restoring them. If instead it's loosened to not bothering about some items/aspects and allowing/assuming their re-creation automatically, then yeah fine: but I wouldn't do backups of full-system snapshots that way. akhiezer -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
