Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > Now it is you who is using the straw-man argument, because backuppc > > *can* easily be backed up at the file level. You just don't like how > > long it takes and/or that it doesn't work quickly with your favorite > > utility. > > Really - then why do people post on a more than weekly basis about not > being able to copy such a large number of hard links without rsync > crashing.
Because rsync is the wrong tool! > > I have already mentioned that your filesystem's "dump" utility > > works perfectly well for copying your filesystem, hardlinks and all, > > ACLs and all, to another filesystem/file/tape/whatever. I think you > > should actually sit down and use it before making claims that backuppc's > > pool isn't copyable using normal methods. > > But how does that scale with number of hardlinks? Will it crash and > run out of memory? Will it thrash around in swap? Will it reliably > copy and recreate everything? If it doesn't scale well then it is not > a practical solution. It scales wonderfully. Please use dump/vxdump/ufsdump/etc. before bashing it. > > Now we can get off of the silly hardlinks suck/can't-be-backed-up > > argument and return to whether or not attrib should be turned into a > > database. > > -- > > Works for me because I have always been more interested in the attrib > part (though I still think hard links in practice is an issue ;) Noted. Now please stick to the database issue (and for that, you're on your own, as I completely disagree with you). -- Jim Leonard (trix...@oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/ Help our electronic games project: http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ A child borne of the home computer wars: http://trixter.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
