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From: itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Backups using compress
Message-ID: <1990Nov28.005522.7258@mrspoc.Transact.COM>
Date: 28 Nov 90 00:55:22 GMT
References: <25106@adm.brl.mil>
Reply-To: steven@Transact.COM
Organization: Transact Software
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dpence@redstone-emh2.army.mil ( Dwayne Pence) writes:

>Does anyone know of a way to compress files before sending them through 
>cpio or tar to tape without actually creating a ".Z" file on disk.  I am 
>trying to create backup tapes which are compressed versions of our files 
>on disk.  Any help would be appreciated.

CTAR from Microlite (Pennsylvania, I think - I'm home and don't have the
info here) does compression as it writes the tape, and does it in memory.
It's a pretty slick product, and I recommend it highly.
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