Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!purdue!haven!mimsy!mojo!djm From: djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Xenix filesystem fragmentation Message-ID: <1989Oct26.222920.12402@eng.umd.edu> Date: 26 Oct 89 22:29:20 GMT References: <1989Oct20.205754.18669@i88.isc.com> <5096@cps3xx.UUCP> <25476567.13276@ateng.com> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Reply-To: djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) Distribution: na Organization: University of Maryland Lines: 13 In article <25476567.13276@ateng.com> chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes: >According to usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner): >>Tar does not backup special device files (ie /dev) and I've >>some **IX's tar who didn't backup up empty directories. > >Get afio from the comp.sources.unix archives. It handles all kinds of >files, including device entries. And it's fast. And it requires less >backup media for the same amount of backup. And you'll have source code. If you want to use tar format, GNU tar does special files and empty directories right, as well. -- David J. MacKenzie