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From: greg@cyborg.nec.com (Greg Doane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: Multi-volume diskette support.
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Date: 16 Jan 91 22:59:49 GMT
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In article <4683@vela.acs.oakland.edu> srodawa@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Ron Srodawa) writes:
>Yesterday I put out a call for information on programs which can handle
>Xenix multi-volume tar formats.  Well, I found one which claims to do
>so, although I haven't tried it yet.  Pax will read and write IEEE
>compliant tar, cpio, and pax archives.  It will write multi-volume
>archives, including the "binary diskette" format used by micro
>unix systems on floppy diskettes.  There is an MSDOS version available.
>In case it isn't compatible with the vendor tar or cpio, pax itself will
>port to many unix systems, including Xenix.  Ron.
>-- 
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Where is it available from, is it PD or commercial, which media types
does it support, and if you've tested it yet, how well does it work?

Thanks,
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