On Sonntag 16 November 2008, William Kenworthy wrote: > dirvish is in portage. > > tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true > backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things > like versioning, archive management and the all important restore.
archives are managed by my tapelib, thank you very much. Restore is as easy as backup with tar. And if you start depending on something complex, you will be screwed at some point. Every system and every livecd has tar. amanda? mondo? devilish? not.
