Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:52:15 -0330, Roger Mason wrote: >> >> >>>> I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to >>>> use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can >>>> span them over more than one CD if needed. Some of what I have will >>>> require several CDs. It would be nice if it would tar it or zip it >>>> but it is not required. I searched using equery and emerge -s but I >>>> can't seem to find much. Oh, GUI would be nice too. >>>> >> >> >>> I think dar (it's in portage) can do this: I've never used it myself. >>> >> >> There's also kdar, a GUI for dar that also writes the split archives to >> CD/DVD. >> > > I read about that one but I was not sure it would span across CDs. > That's nice to know. > > Thanks > > :-) :-) :-)
OK. I downloaded Kdar so far. It was smaller and I'm on dial-up. Does these programs preserve file permissions? On some of what I plan to back up it won't matter but if I do a system back up then it will of course. Just curious if anyone knows about this question. Dale :-) :-) :-)
