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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Cpio problems (?) in Ultrix 3.0
Keywords: cpio tape backup ts-11
Message-ID: <7429@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 89 02:16:44 GMT
References: <102@pserv.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <102@pserv.UUCP> stevem@pserv.UUCP (Steve Mestad) writes:
> Two problems/questions about cpio in Ultrix 3.0:
> 
> 1)  Cpio goes out of phase reading a multi tape archive...
> 
> 2)  Cpio under 3.0 doesn't appear to handle symbolic links properly...

The 3.1 release notes claim that cpio symlink handling is fixed.  Nothing
about phase errors, but I'd install the 3.1 cpio and go from there...

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