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From: joe@astph.UUCP (Joe Broniszewski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: tar or cpio, which is better?
Message-ID: <57@astph.UUCP>
Date: 6 Nov 90 18:51:21 GMT
Organization: Philadelphia Phillies
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Are there any advantages of using tar over cpio for doing backups?  We
have both available and I am trying to figure out which is the best to 
use.  Thanks for all info.
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