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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Backup of maildir files
From:       Dick Angus <RJA-Linux () shaw ! ca>
Date:       2007-02-26 19:49:09
Message-ID: 200702261249.09485.RJA-Linux () shaw ! ca
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My high level directory structure is pretty fixed so I can easily create a 
bash script that does several tar steps creating smaller files. I can keep 
VFAT for other uses and still get the backups I need and have access to 
smaller groups of data. I just tested a tar step to backup only my hidden 
files (excluding the .thumbnails) and it worked like a charm. The maildir 
e-mail files are all there. I can even use ARK on it if I get really lazy.

Please accept my profound thanks for all the help offered. I learned a lot in 
the past 24 hours.

On Monday 26 February 2007 12:10 pm, Dick Angus wrote:
> I just found that out as the tar file is 4Gb+ and ARK fails.
>
> A question on ext3 versus VFAT: If I format the USB drive as ext3 (and by
> the way I would prefer that) can I still transfer stuff to my wife's
> MiniMac or a friends Windows system with that drive?
>
> This set of messages shows my obvious lack of in-depth knowledge of Linux. 
> I sure appreciate the help from you guys.
>
> On Monday 26 February 2007 11:33 am, kitts wrote:
> > On Monday 26 Feb 2007 IST, Dick Angus wrote:
> > > I suppose with an external drive like this I can use a tool like ARK to
> > > open the backup, in place, and then select the files I want, true?
> >
> > I would not recommend using Ark with large tar's. It seems to consume
> > large amounts of memory and has slow performance. IMHO prefer the command
> > line.
> >
> > Personally, i think that a FAT filesystem for backup is in itself a bad
> > idea. I would recommend using a journalled filesystem such as  ext3.
> > Cheers!
> > kitts
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-- 
Dick - an old mainframer trying to get current.
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