FC4: which tool to dump ext3 file systems while keeping ext_attr and context information

Mogens Kjaer mk at crc.dk
Fri Feb 24 10:16:18 UTC 2006


Peter Gordon wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 16:54 -0800, Robinson Tiemuqinke wrote:
> 
>> Any can help me choose a tool to backup ext3 file
>>systems on FC4? gtar, star? dump? 
>>
>> It's rumored that the gnu tar is not good at saving
>>extended file system information, while I need to save
>>not only file system's data, but also extented
>>information like ACL, context, etc.
> 
> 
> You might want to try something like cpio.

Which version of cpio supports ACL's?

Mogens

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