thanks for your answers, i was pretty sure that there was no real difference 
between the two, and you've now clarified that for me


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Quoting Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>:

> On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 10:48:22AM -0600, Scott Sanders wrote:
> > 
> > I think the only difference is what priority the dump has. root-tar has
> > a low priority and user-tar has a medium priority.
> > 
> > Right/ownership are preserved either way.
> > 
> > C White wrote:
> > 
> > > i've just been sitting here trying to determine what the actual
> > > differences between comp-root-tar and comp-user-tar are
> > >
> 
> Scott is correct using my dumptypes.  Local changes might affect the
> answer.
> 
> I sometimes explore the chain of dumptype includes and see what they would
> be if merged into a single dumptype.  Note, I don't install it this way,
> just check it out.  Here is the results of my two dumptypes.
> 
> define dumptype comp-user-tar {
> #     user-tar
> #             root-tar
> #                     global
>                               index yes
>                               record yes
>                       program "GNUTAR"
>                       compress none
>                       index yes
>                       exclude list "/usr/local/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar"
>                       priority low
>               priority medium
>       compress client fast
> }
> 
> define dumptype comp-root-tar {
> #     root-tar
> #             global
>                       index yes
>                       record yes
>               program "GNUTAR"
>               compress none
>               index yes
>               exclude list "/usr/local/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar"
>               priority low
>       compress client fast
>       record yes
> }
> 
> For duplicate items, the last one takes effect.
> 
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