Rich Teer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is tar/star/gtar still the recommend $0 method of backing up files
> that live on ZFS (assuming one is using tape for off-site storage)?
>
> If so, would I be correct in thinking that it is possible to extract
> just the file(s) one is interested in restoring from the tar archive
> without having to restore the whole thing?
star includes a pattern patcher since 1986 and libfind since 2005.
star by default only extracts files that are newer in the archive.
Using the interactive mode, the pattern matcher or the find(1) syntax,
it is simple to extract single files using star.
Jörg
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