Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: GNU-tar vs dump(1)
Message-ID: <1989Jan17.044721.5636@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <17999@adm.BRL.MIL> <629@mks.UUCP> <11@estinc.UUCP> <10797@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> <1966@netmbx.UUCP> <6099@polya.Stanford.EDU> <15@estinc.UUCP> <8768@alice.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 89 04:47:21 GMT

In article <8768@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes:
>... if one renames a directory none of the
>attributes of the files in this directory change. So the files are not
>backed up and unless one knows the previous name of the directory one
>cannot find the files in the backup again...

This is why sensible backup programs know you must back up the contents
of directories, not just files.  This isn't a miracle cure, but it helps.
-- 
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