alternative to `tar`

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 04:54:03PM +0100, Guillaume wrote:
> actually, I use the tar utility to backup my fedora box to a file...
> After a full backup file is reach near 8GB, and when I want to restore
> some backuped files, it take veeerrrryyy long time (more than 1h30) to
> analyse/index the file and extract the needed folders. Is there a way
> to speed up the restore process with any options to tar, or, any other
> command utility to use for my backup.

It's probably better to use a tool like rsync.

man rsync

Rui

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