srp@babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) (12/29/90)
shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) writes: >was made. That is, you don't really restore the file system; you get >a lot of chaff in there along with all the wheat. I personally found that >weeding the extraneous stuff out was a real chore. Check the '-G' option available in the GNU version of tar. - Scott -- Scott Presnell +1 (415) 476-9890 Pharm. Chem., S-926 Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu University of California UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp San Francisco, CA. 94143-0446 Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet