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From: shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Questions bru-ing in my mind
Message-ID: <1991Jan4.015540.16566@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 4 Jan 91 01:55:40 GMT
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In article <9101031844.aa00963@VGR.BRL.MIL> system@LNS61.TN.CORNELL.EDU (SYSTEM MANAGER) writes:
>Peter,
>
>A minor correction to your posting about VMS Backup:
> ....
>
>This implies that either you neglected to specify /INCREMENTAL when you
>restored the incremental tapes, or that the incremental Backup was done
>incorrectly. VMS BACKUP normally records all of the directory
>information (but not all of the files), and an incremental restore
>will automatically remove the files which were deleted from disk
>between the two Backups.

I never said VMS.  I said VAX.  This was under either 4.1bsd or Ultrix;  I
forget which.  In any case, if VMS backup does this, I'm happy to hear that
great minds and DEC engineers think alike  :-).

	-P.
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