Dump and Tar

Ajay Mozar · 05-19-2009, 03:06 AM

Hi,
Using tar is it possible to backup different types of file
system
eg.ext3,ufs.or any other file system

i know using dump it is not possible because it is reading through
raw device.then wat about tar?where i get more info about this?

means suppose i want to backup files from different file systems using
tar then is it possible?

Thanks in advance.

MS3FGX · 05-19-2009, 08:44 PM

tar simply concatenates multiple files into a single archive, it doesn't know or care about the filesystems involved. It will backup and restore to any filesystem that is supported by Linux.