rsync is bad

[Ed Greshko]

Chris Rees wrote:
> 2008/6/8 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>:
>> Chris Rees wrote:
>>>> I would NEVER copy / move a running OS itself to another location !!!
>>>> This needs to be done with separate bootable (Rescue) Tool !!
>>>> I used either the GParted LiveCD or the System Resue CD's GParted
>>>> again !
>>>>
>>> I know I've been chided for mentioning these before... but
>>> dump/restore will back up a live filesystem fine!
>> Probably because you are wrong a
>>
> 
> 
> Damn, that's me assuming that *incredibly* useful features that have
> been in FreeBSD for years have been taken up by the GNU people.
> 
> Sorry.

That's OK.  Yet, unless dump/restore does things totally different in 
FreeBSD I doubt it is any more safe to use it there for backing up *live* 
file systems.