I have always used cpio for backup. However I decided to
play with different ways to backup that I could write to a
a cdrom since they are alot cheaper than zip drives. The
cd burner is not any of the linux computers but I tried
using mkisofs to create a cd image and than burn it on
a different computer. When I did this all of the files
are owned by root and rx. This is okay for somethings
but not so great for others. So I dug around and found
pax. It seems to work great and you can restore files
with the same owner and permissions.
However if I use
pax -w -f /tmp/home-3-12-02 /home/*
It does not archive any file or directory that begins with .
this means things like .fetchmailrc are not backed up.
Does anyone have any suggestions for creating a backup that
allows the backup to be done to a file rather than a device
(so I can put it on a cd image) and still allows me to
keep ownership and permission, backup subdirectories without
listing them individualy, and get all the files even ones that
start with .
Thanks
Linda
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