thanks for your answers, i was pretty sure that there was no real difference between the two, and you've now clarified that for me
-- http://theatomicmoose.ca Quoting Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 10:48:22AM -0600, Scott Sanders wrote: > > > > I think the only difference is what priority the dump has. root-tar has > > a low priority and user-tar has a medium priority. > > > > Right/ownership are preserved either way. > > > > C White wrote: > > > > > i've just been sitting here trying to determine what the actual > > > differences between comp-root-tar and comp-user-tar are > > > > > Scott is correct using my dumptypes. Local changes might affect the > answer. > > I sometimes explore the chain of dumptype includes and see what they would > be if merged into a single dumptype. Note, I don't install it this way, > just check it out. Here is the results of my two dumptypes. > > define dumptype comp-user-tar { > # user-tar > # root-tar > # global > index yes > record yes > program "GNUTAR" > compress none > index yes > exclude list "/usr/local/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar" > priority low > priority medium > compress client fast > } > > define dumptype comp-root-tar { > # root-tar > # global > index yes > record yes > program "GNUTAR" > compress none > index yes > exclude list "/usr/local/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar" > priority low > compress client fast > record yes > } > > For duplicate items, the last one takes effect. > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Moose Mail http://webmail.theatomicmoose.ca