Re: suggestion: do not keep files in tar archives.

Miek Gieben <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[On 16 Dec, @14:39, Boris wrote in "Re: [hdup-user] suggestion: do ..."]
> If the goal is rather to replace tar archives with afio archives, then
> it may be appropriate to patch that into hdup -- but I hope tar will

I will look at hdup, I don't think it should be to hard to use afio in stead
of tar. Ofcourse 'tar' will be the default, and only if the config has
'tar = afio' (or whatever) it will use 'afio'.

Restoring such archives is another matter thought.

> remain an option, since afio is not standard on many platforms (and the
> version that can handle large files appears to still be listed as beta).

large file = >2 gig, hmmmm

grtz Miek
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