Messages in this thread | | | From | "Robert de Bath" <> | Date | Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:53:30 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: Your backup is unsafe! |
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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > I just did "strace tar xf -" to check what happens. Symlinks ought > to work just fine! (tar does not remove existing files) > > -- The Rules -- NO! It's not just tar; there are umpteen other ways of doing a backup plus the wonder tool just around the corner.
The simplest failure: cp -a /nfs/bigmachine/dos/* /dos
-- Rob. (Robert de Bath <http://poboxes.com/rdebath>) <rdebath @ poboxes.com> <http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday>
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