Re: where are all my prefs, bookmarks, and such kept?

In article <2007040411421456809-jollyroger@nullorg>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2007-04-04 11:36:39 -0500, Phil Stripling <philip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

In article <haberg-0404071054170001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Hans Aberg <haberg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You need the right permissions to do the backup.

Yes, I see. Actually, Hans, I'm not interested in doing a backup and
restore

Then why back up at all?

, what I want to do is compress the directory User and all its
contents and to store the compressed file offsite.

Wouldn't you lose metadata in doing that compression?! Why store
something you can't use when you need it most?

Will gzip allow me to compress a copy of the directory without deleting
it? The directory contains 26GB, and I need to have it be less than
that. I'm not interested in a conventional back up to restore in an
emergency, I need to have the files compressed.

I doubt gzip will maintain ownership and permissions, ACL settings, and
other metadata, and it will surely strip all resource forks from all
files.

Can gzip manage large (both input and output) files? I mean files larger
than 2 GB or 4 GB.

--
Paul Sture
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