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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: File transfer between Xenix/Unix BSD systems: Question.
Message-ID: <2748@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 90 03:53:27 GMT
References: <26074@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <26074@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> srb@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes:
| 
| 	I need to transfer files between Xenix 386 2.3.2 and Unix
| 	BSD 4.2 systems.  Direction is from Xenix to Unix.  We
| 	do not have direct connection between these two systems.
| 	Tar and dump do not work, obviously not compatible.

  I go tar from Xenix to both SunOS and Ultrix, I'm not sure what is
obviously incompatible about it. I feel much better going with cpio with
the -c (ASCII header) option, though, since it insured backing up
certain special files and empty directories correctly.

Xenix:

  find . -depth -print | cpio -oBca > file/or/device

BSD:

  cpio -iBcdm < file/or/device
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
    sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
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