From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgJiI-0004hj-AH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:10:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9826FE071E; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:10:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailx2-4.csloxinfo.com (mailx2-4.csloxinfo.com [58.137.255.142]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF7BEE071E for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:10:10 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap4EAB5us0k6iDCV/2dsb2JhbACBTNFdhAUG X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,324,1233507600"; d="scan'208";a="74782620" Received: from adsl-dynamic-58-136-48-149.csloxinfo.net (HELO opal.binro.org) ([58.136.48.149]) by mailx2.csloxinfo.com with ESMTP; 08 Mar 2009 21:10:07 +0700 Received: from opal.binro.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n28EA7ZX008732 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 21:10:07 +0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n28EA6Jk008731 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 21:10:06 +0700 From: Robin Atwood To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] backup program recommendations? Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 21:10:06 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <49B03C4F.1050701@gmail.com> <4e97d4190903070629w5e7583b8rf3af26dd76eb42a0@mail.gmail.com> <49B2A31A.5090700@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49B2A31A.5090700@gmail.com> X-Face: /Bm#Rf"Wt\%rfp|[wzT9P_2/6'JhtmzsD{l]pQmpS|%~I$/L|cF}gvz%I({,a)=?utf-8?q?=7BQtrsE*b=0A=09=5CflE8do=3A=2E0zdnO3lq=60+2rr=5Fmv/faNpra?= =?utf-8?q?=5D=2EeH+=23sG-9GL/dPC=2Ex?="9x]+y5\k^8h(" =?utf-8?q?sp=2Eu*z=0A=09=3FSbc=3AWZo=25ycAGh=5F/NBuC=60?=@9EdNnWH_~<" =?utf-8?q?=60=23zq=3A!K5Wpc=3FG=2Ey=26SxfiRpfFU9=25c=23uD=7D=3Bc+?= =?utf-8?q?D=3F=0A=09?=,|u`9frBEQzC)~Y~%z6tO>!5\8*$:t,ol)N_S}~^h>2)3*UL;g\W-ptU, =?utf-8?q?R=23=60HW=23y=25tGh*=2E=0A=096pO=26vnofmf=5Dzt=271=5BF1v=7B=25N=2E?= =?utf-8?q?Qg2KI=3Dd=3B?=,ZbOc6u>@FD8/sQ}XCCtV`yPwnlMm|iY~dxfY? Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200903082110.06878.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> X-Archives-Salt: b107aecc-a22a-48c9-88db-0d0661a95ab8 X-Archives-Hash: 2a5ac63ca06e6d7f5468cb6ec577dc90 On Saturday 07 Mar 2009, Dale wrote: > I seem to recall that Kdar or dar had a bug that lead to it being > masked. This was a while back so it may be fixed now but it may be > worth checking into to make sure. Nothing worse than thinking you have > backups when they are worthless. Kdar became incompatible with later versions of libdarapi but then it was fixed and now works well again. Dar is extremely fast compared to tar, especially when restoring. It is probably best to use scripts to perform nightly backups (lots of examples on the web site) and the GUI for those times when you want to restore those couple of files you just munged. :) Dar also has options for running an external utility at the end of each backup 'slice', so writing the archive to DVD would be an option. HTH -Robin -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling ----------------------------------------------------------------------