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From: smith@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Bill Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Backups using compress
Message-ID: <1439@urbana.mcd.mot.com>
Date: 29 Nov 90 19:22:39 GMT
References: <25106@adm.brl.mil>
Reply-To: smith@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Bill Smith)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Urbana IL
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In article <25106@adm.brl.mil> 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.
>
>
>Dwayne Pence

To write the tape record(s) you ask for, do this:

	find /usr -print | cpio -ocB | compress -c > /dev/<tape_drive>

To extract, do this:

	uncompress < /dev/<tape_drive> | cpio -icBumd

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