I recommend using cpdup ( /usr/ports/sysutils/cpdup ), mainly because
you can ^C it and restart it at any time so it's a lot easier to
play around with your directory dup'ing.
-Matt
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> >After Kris's recent report of 'massive speedups' using dirpref, I've
> >been toying with the idea of backing up my box, and then restoring them.
> >
> >However, backup/restore are so much faster than doing a tar/untar.
> >
> >If I do a backup of my FS, wipe the disk, will the 'restore' cause th
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nate Williams writes
:
>After Kris's recent report of 'massive speedups' using dirpref, I've
>been toying with the idea of backing up my box, and then restoring them.
>
>However, backup/restore are so much faster than doing a tar/untar.
>
>If I do a backup of my FS,
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:05:00AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote:
> If I do a backup of my FS, wipe the disk, will the 'restore' cause the
> same (ineffecient) directory layout to appear on disk?
>
> I wouldn't think so since the directory layout is controlled by the
> kernel, but I do know that dump
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