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Re: [LUG] Backups

 

On Mar 05, 2008, Henry Bremridge was like:

> 4.  Compress backed up files 
>     
>     $bzip2 backed_up_files.tar

I have heard it said that it is better to compress the files separately
(because if there is an error in a bz2 file you lose everything). What
do you think?

Tony

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