Re: [LUG] Backup

[Steve Marvell <steve@xxxxxxxx>]

Jon Still wrote:

> Can anyone reccommend a good backup utlity for Linux that can backup to a
> SCSI DDS-1 drive? (I think it's an HP drive).  Or should I just stick to mt
> + tar ?

Steve Marvell wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 02:48:34PM -0000, Jon Still wrote:
>
> > Can anyone reccommend a good backup utlity for Linux that can backup to a
> > SCSI DDS-1 drive? (I think it's an HP drive).  Or should I just stick to mt
> > + tar ?
>
> Tar is ubiquitous, so it's easy to get the data off on an other
> system. I tend not to rely on "backup solutions" if I can get away
> with it. If you're doing incremental backups, that's a slightly
> different story, but if you're backing up a data directory or some
> collection of directories, I'd recommend tar wrapped in a tight little
> shell script.

Wayne Lockey wrote:
> try cpio !!! man cpio that should point you in a direction , well that is
> the one i use anyway 

Yes indeed. cpio has the same ubiquitous benefits.

Steve

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