As a side note, How many of you still have compress/uncompress binaries on your distribution of choice ?
Ron On Saturday 25 November 2006 21:57, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm considering backing up to bzip2 instead of gzip (.tgz) to pack more on > a single DVD. I'm getting close to 2 full DVDs, and I'd hate for my backups > to span 3. > > So in other words, > > tar cjvf mybup.tar.bz2 mydir > > instead of > > tar czvf mybup.tgz mydir > > My question is this: 20 years from now, will it be trivially easy to find > software to decode bzip2. I'm sure it will be trivially easy to decode > gzipped tars -- that's been a standard for years and years. Is bzip2 here > to stay, or will it be dropped as years go by? > > I'm serious about this. I often look at computer programs I wrote in 1984. > I still regularly use Micrografx Windows Draw drawings I made in 1992 (this > remains my one major reason for keeping a Windows machine around). Will > tar.bz2 be decodable in 20 years? > > Thanks > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Author: > * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware > * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist > * Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting > * Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting > * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore > http://www.troubleshooters.com/utp/tcourses.htm -- Ron Joffe Siena Tech, Inc. 120 Old Bridge Lane Chapel Hill, NC 27517 (919) 928-0404 -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
