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Article #73416Re: GNU Tar vs. dump (The faster one wins...maybe)
From: Gary Williamson
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1991 21:26
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1991 21:26
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In article <1991Sep19.163346.7671@pony.acadiau.ca>, peter@pony.acadiau.ca (Peter Steele) writes: |> ryan@ra.cs.umb.edu (Daniel R. Guilderson) writes: |> |> >PS For my money, gnutar w/tar-mode beats dump/restore in the user |> >interface department. |> |> I personally prefer restore's interactive mode for restoring files. |> You can tool around the directories looking for the files you want |> and "adding" them when you find one. I like that... |> -- |> Peter Steele Unix Services Manager peter.steele@acadiau.ca |> Acadia University, Wolfville, NS Tel: 902-542-2201 Fax: 902-542-7224 I have to agree with Peter. The interactive mode is great when you have a bunch of novice users. They'll occasionally corrupt or delete a file they need and with restore, replacing a file is a snap. Gary Williamson System Administrator gwillie@gauss.ssc.gov SSC Laboratory
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1020c6,66f33e9595eb5c16 X-Google-Attributes: gid1020c6,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,66f33e9595eb5c16 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-09-20 00:39:42 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!sunova!higgs.ssc.gov!gwillie From: gwillie@higgs.ssc.gov (Gary Williamson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: GNU Tar vs. dump (The faster one wins...maybe) Message-ID: <1991Sep19.212628.4408@sunova.ssc.gov> Date: 19 Sep 91 21:26:28 GMT References: <RYAN.91Sep18214519@ra.cs.umb.edu> <1991Sep19.163346.7671@pony.acadiau.ca> Sender: usenet@sunova.ssc.gov (News Admin) Reply-To: gwillie@higgs.ssc.gov (Gary Williamson) Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Lab Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: higgs.ssc.gov