Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!sdd.hp.com!hp-sdd!jad From: jad@hpcndnm.hp-sdd (John A Dilley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: find and cpio Message-ID: Date: 17 Sep 90 18:03:31 GMT References: <1150@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> <1990Sep15.061919.3988@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@sdd.hp.com (Usenet News) Organization: Hewlett Packard, Colorado Networks Division Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU's message of 15 Sep 90 06:19:19 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: hpcndnm.cnd.hp.com In article <1990Sep15.061919.3988@Neon.Stanford.EDU> seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU (Scott Seligman) writes: Could someone please explain why HP chooses to use this incantation? It appears to make a list of all file names, and then individually seek each and every one (!) before writing them to the backup medium. Why not use the more direct dump(1M) and restore(1M)? In HP-UX 6.0/1.1 we support dump/restore(1M). In 7.0 we also support rdump/rrestore(1M), so you should be able to choose your favorite dump method and go for it. I believe the 7.0 rdump/rrestore can dump from an HP system to a BSD-based DEC VAX or Sun system running (able to run) /etc/rmt (and vise-versa). -- jad -- John DILLEY Hewlett-Packard Colorado Networks Division UX-mail: jad@cnd.hp.com Phone: (303) 229-2787 -- This is not an official statement of Hewlett-Packard Corp., and does not necessarily reflect the views of HP. The information above is provided completely without warranty of any kind. -- jad --