On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 03:47:53PM +0100, Christian Walther wrote: > I don't think that rsync can cope with hardlinks. > Best way to do a "backup" like this is: > > tar -clf - / | ( cd /ad2 ; tar -xf - ) > > The "-l" flag will stay on the specified filesystem. If you forget > this option tar (and any other command, even cp and rsync with their > respective option) will copy /ad2 into itself, e.g. /ad2/ad2, which > might lead to a kind of recursion.
No. Tar isn't good enough. Use dump/restore. It is made for that. ////jerry > > BTW: No, there isn't any tool that might recover from a desaster like > the one you specified. Either the files you describe as being "fried" > have either been overwritten with some other content, or changed in > any other way. You need a backup to recover from this. ;) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"