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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Backup Utility Recommendations...
Message-ID: <1990Jan23.174934.4888@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 90 17:49:34 GMT
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In article <37953@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>jspear@gryphon.COM (Jon Spear) writes:
>>HFS Backup 3 has an "overwrite" mode where newer versions of a file will
>>replace old ones in an archive, thus saving floppies.
>I used to use HFS
>Backup and switched to Diskfit because it was faster and more reliable

HFS Backup 3 is STILL not very reliable.  If you're looking for a backup
program, I suggest you avoid it.  Certain options (overwrite included)
make it confused after a while.  It has a lot of nice features; but you
can NOT tolerate bugs in backup software.
--
Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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