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Re: [cobalt-users] Backups NOT using a backup server such as Legato



On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Menno M Jansz wrote:

> 
> You could use Daniel's http://www.neuhaus-internet.de/cobalt/raqbackup/
> 
> But it does make use of tar.
> 
> >I don't want to use tar because of files with holes if you know what I
> >mean..
> 
> I dont, please explain.
> 
gnu tar can handle holes, that's what --sparse is for :)

ps: 'holes' are unallocated blocks in the middle of files that contain
 no data and thus use no disk space, usually found in random database
files...

gsh