[plug] rsync and nfs

[Cameron Patrick]

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:21:50 +0800 (WST), Mike Holland wrote:

| 
| I think gnu tar might preserve attributes better than NFS. A bit of 
| scripting could 'find' files that need updating, tar it up, rsh, and 
| untar.  If speed is still an issue for you.
| 

GNU tar appears to support incremental backups.  According to 'man tar', -g
will "create/list/extract new GNU-format incremental backup".  If anyone
knows how to actually use this, please enlighten!  Keeping a set of
incremental backups on CDRs appeals to the paranoid in me.

CP