On 19 Jul 01 at 11:04, Rowel Atienza wrote:
> >
> > tar cvf /dev/st0 /directory/to/backup
> >
> > in order to do a backup.. tar at least knows how to write to a tape drive
> > and can even span tapes. although you really should get BRU or Arkeia
> > Backup for any serious work.
> >
> I guess 'dump' is more flexible and powerful than tar. It can
> really be used for serious backup instead of tar.
>
dump dumps the entire file system. when you restore, you restore the file
systems -- may not be able to move from one system to another
tar gets file by file, independent of the file system. -- hence is preferred
when you are porting data/code from one unix file system to another.
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