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From: poage@sunny.ucdavis.edu (Tom Poage)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Want to know relative merits of standard backup utilities.
Keywords: tar dump cpio dd backup
Message-ID: <394@sunny.ucdavis.edu>
Date: 14 Jun 89 21:01:07 GMT
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Organization: UCDMC Clinical Engineering, Sacto., CA
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Hi, all.

I'm interested in hearing your comments on the relative merits
(or lack thereof) regarding the so-called `standard' backup/
archive utilities.  More specifically: dump vs. tar vs. cpio
vs. dd vs. ??  I've been using dump (yes, I know it's BSD
specific); but I wonder if it's really the cat's pajamas. :-)

E-mail preferred.  Thanks.  Tom.