Quoting: """ From: Hal Pomeranz Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:25:29 -0800 ... Frankly, using GNU tar is probably a better option precisely because it doesn't have this particular issue (tar is a "file at a time" archiver, and is therefore relatively resistant to file system changes during the archive process). And GNU tar can deal with various "weird" files (sparse files, device files, etc.) that other versions of tar tend to have trouble with. """
I also like the above aspects of GNU tar. The only thing I found it doesn't like is tar'ing /proc/ (what's the point, anyhow?) and some stuff in /var/ that constantly changes. But for that I either use the -T option to select, or -X option to exclude. As for the single user mode: frankly, if there are frequent insert requests from httpd to /var/lib/mysql/someWebDB I wouldn't trust any binary 'snapshot' of an unflushed DB and use the utility that comes with the DB engine, like mysqldump; maybe I'm just paranoid, but the idea of 'better safe than sorry' is worth that little extra time; it's scripted anyhow. - Horst _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
