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From: mark@gizzmo.UUCP (mark hilliard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Backup utilities for ix-386
Keywords: backup ix-386
Message-ID: <107@gizzmo.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 89 17:49:06 GMT
References: <185@softest.UUCP> <[253554b6:333.1]comp.unix.i386;1@vpnet.UUCP> <11954@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: mark@gizzmo.UUCP (mark hilliard)
Organization: gizzmo, Walworth, NY
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In article <11954@watcgl.waterloo.edu> rfpfeifle@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ron Pfeifle) writes:
>In article <[253554b6:333.1]comp.unix.i386;1@vpnet.UUCP> lisbon@vpnet.UUCP (Gerry Swetsky) writes:
>>> Does anyone know of a better utility for backup (onto tape) than
>>> "backup" and "restore". I'm looking for something along the lines
>>> of "dump".

I personally like to use find piped to cpio and out to tape like:

find /partition -print | cpio -ocduBvm > /dev/tape&

Mark Hilliard
N2HHR
rutgers!rochester!kodak!gizzmo!mark