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Re: R: Verify backup

2005-12-12 12:28:45
Subject: Re: R: Verify backup
From: Alexander Jolk <alexj AT buf DOT com>
To: "Montagni, Giovanni" <gmontagni AT manord DOT com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:20:42 +0100
Montagni, Giovanni wrote:
How can i control if files are written correctly?

Doing a test restore from time to time.


So i cannot trust amverify report? This is not a good news...


Well, if you are using software compression, gnutar -t will actually run the decompression phase. gzip has a (simple) checksum that will catch most errors at this stage.

Alex


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