Re: [LUG] Backup

[Tom Glare <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Steve Marvell wrote:

> 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
There is also the advantage that backups written by cpio are readable by
r2d2.

Tom.
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