Re: apps Re: Question on backups using rsync

2005-12-22 Thread Mike McCarty
Alvin Oga wrote: On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Daniel Webb wrote: On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 02:16:29AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: One nit to pick here: - find | tar | gpg meeets all of my requirements for most all possible potential disasters and recovery As I describe on my backup page, that's a t

Re: apps Re: Question on backups using rsync

2005-12-21 Thread Daniel Webb
Alvin, Thank you, you have answered my question. I apologize for being rude, I should not have worded it that way. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apps Re: Question on backups using rsync

2005-12-21 Thread Alvin Oga
hiya daniel On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Daniel Webb wrote: > That's exactly what I'm saying: your tar | gpg methodology has not accounted > for the chance of a few flipped bits, because if it had, it wouldn't lead to > massive data loss, which it does. Compressing/encrypting after archiving is > infer

Re: apps Re: Question on backups using rsync

2005-12-21 Thread Daniel Webb
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 06:36:23PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > if you don't trust find|tar ... you have major problems with the machine's > reliability and these brand new commands nobody used for 30 yrs :-) > > using any other "favorite backup programs" will suffer the same fate of > losing "huge