Only if you want to be here until next tuesday. Solaris ufsdump runs 8 times
as fast.
You're right - tar doesn't handle files with holes. Not too many of those
around.
/dev you can and should always remake. Typically it's only sa0 out of the
generic set that tar skips.
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107071842230.58871-100000@beppo> Matthew Jacob writes:
> : tar cfl - . | (cd /altroot/<local_fs> && tar xpf -)
>
> Don't use tar. It loses devices, can't handle holey files well and a
> number of other minor clitches. Use dump instead.
>
> Warner
>
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