Re: new tar

Miek Gieben <[email protected]> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:46:25 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general
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[On 12 Dec, @13:25, Boris Goldowsky wrote in "[hdup-user] new tar ..."]
> I wonder what the implications of this new tar version are for hdup -
> sounds like it may become easier to support directory exclusions based
> on .nobackup or standard exclusion of cache directories.
>=20
> Bng
>=20
> PS - hdup keeps humming along happily each night.  The most trouble-free
> backups I've ever done!

nice to hear :-)

I have long since given up on tar's ability to create correct
incremental backups, esp. when using all the include and exclude
options. Thus I haven't really looked into the new stuff that
has gone into tar 1.16.

Feel free to send me patches :)

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