This is what I currently use: But I dont have room for two archives, and
this method doesnt keep versions.  Trying to keep incrementals using
this has proven to be a disaster.

BillK

On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 23:25 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 5/11/06, W.Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What can I use for a compressed file system?  I am looking at setting up
> > a loopback mounted filesystem that I want to use to store backups into.
> 
> From what I can tell, there are no really good compressing filesystems
> available currently.
> 
> But why do you need to do this in the filesystem?  Why not use a
> compressible format for your backups like tar, cpio, or (my favorite)
> dar?
> 
> -Richard
> 
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