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Re: Mounting a USB device

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Thanks for the suggestion re rsync, but using tar has been successful with
a NTFS drive many times.
On 3 Nov 2020 14:11, "The Wanderer" <wanderer@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On 2020-11-03 at 09:03, ellanios82 wrote:
>
> > On 11/3/20 2:28 PM, Mick Ab wrote:
> >
> >> The backup itself is performed using a 'tar  -cvpf' type of command
> >
> >   - maybe "rsync" is worth a look
>
> All else being equal I'd agree, but this is backing up to a NTFS
> filesystem, which doesn't support the type of ownership and permissions
> information that's likely to be available on the source filesystem; in
> that scenario, backing up file-to-file (as with rsync) will lose that
> metadata, whereas a tarball will preserve it.
>
> --
>    The Wanderer
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw
>
>

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Mounting a USB device Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> - 2020-10-27 17:00 +0100
  Re: Mounting a USB device David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-27 19:10 +0100
  Re: Mounting a USB device Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-10-27 19:30 +0100
    Re: Mounting a USB device <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-27 21:10 +0100
    Re: Mounting a USB device Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> - 2020-10-27 21:50 +0100
      Re: Mounting a USB device David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-29 18:40 +0100
        Re: Mounting a USB device Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> - 2020-10-29 19:30 +0100
          Re: Mounting a USB device Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> - 2020-10-29 19:50 +0100
            Re: Mounting a USB device David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-31 23:50 +0100
              Re: Mounting a USB device Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> - 2020-11-01 13:00 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-11-02 11:00 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-11-02 12:30 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> - 2020-11-03 13:30 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device ellanios82 <ellanios82@gmail.com> - 2020-11-03 15:10 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-03 15:20 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> - 2020-11-03 17:20 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-11-03 18:10 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-11-03 18:40 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-03 21:50 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-11-04 00:40 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-04 03:00 +0100
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                Re: Local shared storage configuration Didar Hossain <didar@purlo.in> - 2020-11-11 06:30 +0100
                Re: Local shared storage configuration Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-11-11 13:40 +0100
                Re: Mounting a USB device Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com> - 2020-11-04 02:00 +0100
  Re: Mounting a USB device Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-10-27 20:00 +0100
  Re: Mounting a USB device Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-10-27 20:00 +0100
    Re: Mounting a USB device Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-10-27 20:30 +0100
    Re: Mounting a USB device ghe2001 <ghe2001@pm.me> - 2020-10-27 20:30 +0100
      Re: Mounting a USB device Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-10-27 20:30 +0100
  Re: Mounting a USB device ghe2001 <ghe2001@pm.me> - 2020-10-27 20:00 +0100
  Re: Mounting a USB device Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2020-10-27 20:10 +0100
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