Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!ifistg!ifi!koppenh From: koppenh@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Andreas Koppenhoefer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Why idle backups?? (was Re: Looking for shell script for backup on BSD 4.3) Message-ID: Date: 24 Oct 90 10:33:16 GMT References: <547@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM> <1642@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> <32749@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com> Sender: news@ifistg.uucp Organization: IfI, Univ. Stuttgart, W Germany Lines: 19 In-reply-to: zwicky@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com's message of 23 Oct 90 21:12:05 GMT In article <32749@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com> zwicky@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com (Elizabeth Zwicky ) writes: > [...] > Some sites run a dump modified by Purdue to skip inodes that change > after the tables are read - this means that your chances of getting > a corrupt tape are significantly reduced [...]. Hmm..., sounds good. In my anonymous ftp lists there are a lot of purdue hosts. Please would someone tell me, where I can get the source? I suppose it's in public domain. Thank you, Andreas Koppenhoefer -- Andreas Koppenhoefer, Student der Universitaet Stuttgart, BR Deutschland mail: koppenh@dia.informatik.uni-stuttgart.dbp.de privat: Belaustr. 5/3, 7000 Stuttgart 1 Telefon: +49 711 694111 (Mo-Do 18-22h MEZ/MESZ)