[comp.unix.wizards] Backups - what if...

rb@ist.UUCP (Bob Bishop) (10/19/87)

...this was an ideal world, and you could have an ideal set of
tools to do all the file system backups on your various Unix
(and Unix-like) systems.  What facilities would this ideal
toolset provide?  What ``features'' of the various existing
tools cause the most pain?  Why?

[Note that I'm distinguishing here between *backups* taken as
insurance against hardware failure or carelessness, and
*archives* taken deliberately for long-term preservation of
key data. The requirements are somewhat different.]

	Bob