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"dump 0ufa /" and "tar cf - /" do not back up the same data
"dump 0ufa /" and "tar cf - /" do not back up the same data
Posted Dec 12, 2007 10:04 UTC (Wed) by kaig1969 (guest, #37135)Parent article: How The Backup Process Has Changed
The dump and tar examples are presented as if they did the same thing. But my understanding is that the dump example will dump the / filesystem whereas the tar example will dump all filesystems mounted on or below /. GNU Tar has the "--one-file-system" option that promises to deliver the dump behavior.
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