Re: amanda, OpenBSD and gnutar?

From: Kirk Strauser (kirk_at_strauser.com)
Date: 10/30/03

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    At 2003-10-29T11:46:39Z, naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) writes:

    > However concerned you are about this, the same issue applies to tar.

    Yes, but it's a matter of degrees. Since dump writes out the index of
    directories and files before any file data, there's a longer period of time
    between when a given file's metadata and contents are backed up. Since tar
    interleaves metadata and contents, the time period is significantly shorter.

    But that's not to say that tar's good and dump's bad - just that they have
    their own peculiarities that should be considered.
    - --
    Kirk Strauser
    The Strauser Group
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    http://www.strausergroup.com/
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