Hour 7 Large File Management and Backups
The last few hours have concentrated on tools and techniques for managing user accounts on your Unix system. However, users have expectations of you as a system administrator in much the same way you have expectations of them. Chief among their expectations is that the file system has a high level of integrity. Put another way, you’d better be doing backups!
This hour will concentrate on managing large files and archives, and then talk about common methods of backing data up onto an archival device.
In this hour you’ll learn about
• Managing big files with compress
• The gzip alternative
• A zippy tour ...
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