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From: rdgreenall@lily.waterloo.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Xenix filesystem fragmentation
Keywords: Xenix,defragmenter
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Date: 22 Oct 89 07:09:32 GMT
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In article <1989Oct20.205754.18669@i88.isc.com> daveb@i88.isc.com (Dave Burton) writes:
>In article <160@mdi386.UUCP> bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre) writes:
>|While it is true that rm and restore from tape will unfrag a disk to a
>|large extent, the only way to do it correctly that I know of is with a
>|utility from the people that sell CTAR. (compressed tar)
>
>So will tar/mkfs/tar, and they're *included* with Xenix.
>-- 

But lets not forget, that wonderful feature/bug in XENIX tar where
it refuses to back up empty directories.  Use pdtar as long as
your filesystem is not longer than 1 tape instead.

			Richard Greenall