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Subject: Re: Xenix filesystem fragmentation
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Date: 24 Oct 89 23:49:19 GMT
References: <1989Oct20.205754.18669@i88.isc.com>
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From article <1989Oct20.205754.18669@i88.isc.com>, by daveb@elaited.i88.isc.com (Dave Burton):
> 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.

Tar does not backup special device files (ie /dev) and I've
some **IX's tar who didn't backup up empty directories.


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