> A question that Ive just thought of - if u were to do a backup of say > /home/vsd/* using programs such as 'dump' and 'tar', are they likely to > handle hard linked files efficiently? For example, if u have a file X in 1
> tar seems to handle hardlinks properly... Yup, you're right. I've been busy tarring some files and indeed the hardlinks are preserved. I've always thought it didn't, silly me. The only thing i could find in the manual about this is the following: 'tars way of handling multiple hard links to a file places only one copy of the link on the tape, but the name attached to that copy is the only one you can use to retrieve the file' I am I right when I believe that this could get you into trouble when tarring all your vs's in one file? Maarten ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
