On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 03:37:36PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > > I know that the FAQ says to just use dump to make backups but what if > > you want a tape of a specific group of files for archiving? When last > > did the dump format change? Since it reads the filesystem directly, I'd > > assume that its filesystem-specific. What if you want portablility > > across OSs and filesystem types? Is there any more-or-less universal > > format? > > dump format has not changed in ages. you can rely on restore(8) beeing > able to handle any dump done in quite some time. > I would scream and strongly object to any changes thereabout :) >
However, if you have one directory you wish to put on tape, e.g. as an archive of old OS .iso's (in case the origionals get scratched), as far as I know, you can't use dump (which is only for entire filesystems). Or, is there any reason that you can spit an .iso to the tape directly (and just remember that it is the third file on the tape)? Doug.
