Re: GNU Tar vs. dump (The faster one wins...maybe)

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From: Peter Steele
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1991 16:33

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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...
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Peter Steele        Unix Services Manager        peter.steele@acadiau.ca
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS   Tel: 902-542-2201   Fax: 902-542-7224

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From: peter@pony.acadiau.ca (Peter Steele)
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Subject: Re: GNU Tar vs. dump (The faster one wins...maybe)
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