Hi all, Is tar/star/gtar still the recommend $0 method of backing up files that live on ZFS (assuming one is using tape for off-site storage)? If so, would I be correct in thinking that it is possible to extract just the file(s) one is interested in restoring from the tar archive without having to restore the whole thing? TIA, -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OpenSolaris CAB member President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich
Hello Rich,
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 7:42:26 PM, you wrote:
RT> Hi all,
RT> Is tar/star/gtar still the recommend $0 method of backing up files
RT> that live on ZFS (assuming one is using tape for off-site storage)?
RT> If so, would I be correct in thinking that it is possible to extract
RT> just the file(s) one is interested in restoring from the tar archive
RT> without having to restore the whole thing?
Perhaps open source utilities like Amanda would do better job here?
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Rich Teer <rich.teer at rite-group.com> wrote:> Hi all, > > Is tar/star/gtar still the recommend $0 method of backing up files > that live on ZFS (assuming one is using tape for off-site storage)? > > If so, would I be correct in thinking that it is possible to extract > just the file(s) one is interested in restoring from the tar archive > without having to restore the whole thing?star includes a pattern patcher since 1986 and libfind since 2005. star by default only extracts files that are newer in the archive. Using the interactive mode, the pattern matcher or the find(1) syntax, it is simple to extract single files using star. J?rg -- EMail:joerg at schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) J?rg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js at cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily