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From: pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Can I make DOS-compiled pax or pdtar write RAW cpio or tar floppies?
Keywords: MS-DOS, pax, pdtar, tar, cpio
Message-ID: <1649@ctisbv.cti-software.nl>
Date: 10 Dec 89 15:59:43 GMT
Organization: CTI Software BV, The Hague, the Netherlands
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I have source to both PDTAR and PAX but have not yet attempted
to compile them under MS-DOS. Looking at the source, I suspect
the only thing these programs will be able to do is write
tar or cpio archive files on an MS-DOS filesystem.

I would prefer them to write RAW, non-filesystem floppies,
so I can read multivolume backups created on DOS,
on a *NIX system without using doscp or the like.

Is there any way I can accomplish this? 

Please bear in mind when replying, that my knowledge of
MS-DOS internals is almost zero.

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