Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 24874
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2002/5/17-20 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:24874 Activity:high
5/17    If I want to do incremental backups, is dump still the way to go?
        \_ how much data?  what backup device?
           \_ What kind of data would be useful too.
        \_ GNU tar is another program that supports incremental backups, though,
           I still prefer dump. -dumper
              \_ Just post the data at the bottom of the motd, and we'll
                 tell you what to do. Remember to mpack it if it's binary.
        \_ GNU tar is another program that supports incremental backups,
           though, I still prefer dump. -dumper
        \_ I use this cool new peer-to-peer backup program called dumpster.