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From: lars@iclswe.uucp (Lars Tunkrans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: will dump/restore be available on 5.4
Message-ID: <1990Jun6.214558.29674@iclswe.uucp>
Date: 6 Jun 90 21:45:58 GMT
References: <30178@cup.portal.com> <3016@unisoft.UUCP>
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cander@unisoft.UUCP (Charles Anderson) writes:

>From article <30178@cup.portal.com>, by tms@cup.portal.com:
>> Will the Unix Dump/Restore utilities be available on Unix 5.4?  Will
>> there be a new, perhaps better utility for backup.  What about
>> tar and cpio.  Will both still be supported?

SVR4.0 Does in addition to tar & cpio & dd also include "backup" carried 
forward from the Xenix Environment.

Extract from the man page:

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     backup(1)         (XENIX Compatibility Package)         backup(1)



     NAME
          backup - performs backup functions

     SYNOPSIS
          backup [-t] [-p | -c | -f files | -u "user1 [user2]"] -d
          device
          backup -h

     DESCRIPTION
          A complete backup must be done before a partial backup can
          be done.  Raw devices rather than block devices should
          always be used.  The program can handle multi-volume
          backups.  The program will prompt the user when it is ready
          for the next medium.  The program will give you an estimated
          number of floppies/tapes that will be needed to do the
          backup.  Floppies must be formatted before the backup is
          done.  Tapes do not need to be formatted.  If backup is done
          to tape, the tape must be rewound.


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          DRS/NX 4.0 Printed 13/3/90
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