> I might be (and probably am) missing something, but wouldn't rsync (over
> ssh) work?
Does rsync handle device files correctly, hard links, sparse files, etc?
(I'm not trying to troll, I honestly don't know if it handles all of these
things.) I saw an article a while back comparing backup tools, I don't
recall where, that basically concluded that the only tool that was safe for
full backup/restore was "dump" and "restore". Even tar didn't handle every
file type correctly (I think it didn't do sparse files - it ended up
inflating them) - I don't recall if they tested "star" or not. Anyways,
since then I've been meaning to look into dump/restore but have not yet.
Take care,
Dale
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