On Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is nothing wrong with tar. In fact tar is great for this job. dd > > not. > > Depends. If you backup to tape, like you do, then the Tape Archiver > commonly called "tar" is the tool to use. > > But if a backup to disk is done, tar is still a good tool for the job, > but IMO not the best tool available. Instead I'd suggest to use rsync. > Reason: It's easier to restore just a single file. > > It's of course possible to restore single files from tar-balls as well, > but it's more complicated. Especially, if you're using incrementals. I'm > not saying that's impossible, but just, that it's harder than with rsync.
it is a matter of taste - but anyway everything is better than dd ;) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
