Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu!srp From: srp@babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Weeding out the backup chaff (Re: Questions bru-ing in my mind) Message-ID: Date: 28 Dec 90 18:10:52 GMT References: <1990Dec21.174239.11753@odin.corp.sgi.com> <1990Dec24.155048.29640@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Dec26.200730.7738@odin.corp.sgi.com> <1990Dec28.170722.18489@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: daemon@cgl.ucsf.edu Lines: 14 shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) writes: >was made. That is, you don't really restore the file system; you get >a lot of chaff in there along with all the wheat. I personally found that >weeding the extraneous stuff out was a real chore. Check the '-G' option available in the GNU version of tar. - Scott -- Scott Presnell +1 (415) 476-9890 Pharm. Chem., S-926 Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu University of California UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp San Francisco, CA. 94143-0446 Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet