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Re: [Bug-tar] Option to disable or change device number checking.
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Rob Browning |
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Re: [Bug-tar] Option to disable or change device number checking. |
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Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:35:57 -0600 |
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Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> writes:
> Hmm, currently there is not. I plan to make tar snapshots with the
> improved incremental backup available in a couple of weeks. I'll
> let you know when it is ready.
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> In the meantime, I'd suggest you to use --exclude or --exclude-from
> options to exclude the devices in question from the backups.
I don't think that will help. The problem is that all of the disk
devices change their number (sometimes even the root device), so I'd
have to --exclude everything.
Thanks
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Rob Browning
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