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The 03.05.28 at 13:49, John Pettigrew wrote:
I asked about this tool a while back, but no one seemed to know what it actually did.
I remember. I had not tried the version on 8.1 yet.
Could you explain? Is it a simple copy of all files that aren't as installed by the install tool? How reliable is the restore tool?
It makes a list of all files that got installed from rpms, and that have been modified, and creates a backup from them. It can also include (optional) all files not included in any rpm - note that if you add new configuration files they are not saved by default - and also information about partitions and the list of rpms installed, so that Yast can recreate the install. As for how reliable is the restore, I don't know. It is a tar.gz of tars (not a simple tgz). -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson