Subject: Re: cpio header field too small?
To: Ben Collver <collver@peak.org>
From: Stefan 'Kaishakunin' Schumacher <stefan@net-tex.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/27/2006 09:49:23
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Also sprach Ben Collver (collver@peak.org)
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 10:32:19PM +0200, Stefan 'Kaishakunin' Schumacher=
 wrote:
> > Also sprach khym@azeotrope.org (khym@azeotrope.org)

> I don't think dump counts as an archiver. =20

What is it than?

> It only works with ffs/lfs,
> and the manual states that it only works reliably on an unmounted
> filesystem.

dump is also the most reliable archiver on mounted filesystem, it is
really hard to get a non-working dump. That's nothing one could say
about tar/pax/cpio. If one has to archive an active filesystem, fss(4)=20
should be used.=20


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