On Tue, 2005-07-06 at 23:32 -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > On 6/7/05, Mike Bird <mgb-fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Oh wait, I bet a sysadmin knows that she/he can't backup stuff in > > > the /dev/ tree, > > > > Wrong. "tar cfv /tmp/dev.tar /dev" "tar cfvz /tmp/dev/tgz /dev" > > > > > Don't pass your lack of understanding off > > > > .. on the people who point out glaring design flaws in the distro. > > That argument reminds me of a "sysadmin" at my previous job who for 3 > years was ardently backing up "Shortcut to Exchange.lnk". > > If you work with Unix and you don't know what a sparse file is, well, > then you are not a sysadmin. Besides, sparse files tar up just fine > and take up no space even if you don't pass any special flags to tar, > since nulls compress very well. It just takes forever. > Say what! I have been a sysadmin since 1988, and was trained by Sun for Advanced Administration and Development for SunOS and Solaris and took refresher courses up until 1994. I had not heard of a sparse file until now. After googling I now know what a sparse file is, but have yet to come across a problem with one, or a circumstance where I needed to make a special provision for one. > NOTABUG. > > -- > Konstantin Ryabitsev > Zlotniks, INC > > "Выслухаў мядзьведзь казку і адарваў сабе хвост."