Randall L. Rathbun wrote: > Dear Linux gurus: > > What program or command is ideal for backing up partitions? I currently use > "cp -a" or "cp -Ruv", but it won't delete files in the backup copy that are > missing in the source file, from a previous run. I've been told that "dump" > is the command to mirror image the source. > > I'd like to make a mirror copy, but verify the copy after the files copied. > > What are programs that work very well in this regard? Thanks for your input.
For complete overkill, amanda works wonders. This does work best if you are baking up to tape. Rsync, as was mentioned, is another good tool. The ext2 and ext3 filesystems do not have a reliable working dump program (so sayeth Linus, so sayeth we all) so do not even look at dump for ext2/ext3. Xfs has a good dump program, though it tries to be a bit helpful IMHO. Reiserfs has got nothing as far as dump. I'm not sure about jfs. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
