On 13/11/06, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pretty much everything keeps symlinks, cpio, tar, dump.
Just taking this opportunity to try to satisfy my curiosity. I was wondering what's the state of dump(8) in the current world of multiple file system types, a quick Google came up with the following at the top of the list, it's dated circa 2002: "The ext2fs/ext3fs dump utility is officially declared deprecated by Linus Torvalds..." http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2002-07/0501.html Other links from Google point to dump format-dependency - you can't dump a ext3fs filesystem and be able to restore it directly onto, say, an XFS or JFS filesystem. Besides - is there any sense in using dump these days? It made sense back when dump was much faster than tar/cpio by avoiding running namei on each file and when large multi-user machines were taken down to single user mode for a backup (I'm talking about the VAX/CCI and 4.2BSD days). But does it make sense in today's context, with filesystem snapshots and always-on desktops? I wouldn't consider this as an option but since you mentioned it I wonder if there is a situation where it's justifiable to use it. Cheers, --P -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
