dd problem

[Karl F. Larsen]

Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 06:34:29PM -0700, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> 
>             ............snip............
> 
>> 	Well rsync has worked for many years and NO business uses tar 
>> so what in heck are you trying to say?
> 
> First, how do you know no businesses use rsync? Second, did you read the
> part about rsync being good for network backups? Just because *you*
> don't understand the suggestion and do know rsync well enough to use it
> doesn't make it intrinsically better.
> 
> If you would bother to read (with comprehension) the tar man page you
> would find your reason for not liking it is one of usual your ill 
> informed wet dreams. 
> 
> 
	I today read the entire rsync man page and did a complete 
backup and one incremental backups. I had to change the owner 
of the portable hard drive and now I can do backups without 
being root, as it says in man rsync

	If you were smart you would use rsync, but your not. Too bad.

73 Karl


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