On 2017-12-27 14:53, Alex Pilon wrote: > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 08:19:04AM -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > I'd be using rsync -vaP so that subsequent updates are faster, but tar zcvf > > Also add -H, -A, and -X. These aren't just edge cases! Sure... but my home directory hasn't ever had any of these, so it wasn't an issue. I have used -x though... > > might be faster due to compression... > > How would compression help when it's on the same host? You can't > decompress after the bus. Do you mean to store the data compressed? Yeah, stored compressed... > Sounds more like you just want to use CPIO's passthrough mode. No need > to serialize and deserialize data. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________