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From: cap@cs.cmu.edu (Chris Paris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Backing up to floppy: GNU tar
Message-ID: <1991Feb9.155353.1767@cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 9 Feb 91 15:53:53 GMT
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I haven't seen anyone here mention that GNU tar is another possibility for
creating multivolume floppy backups. I've been using GNU tar for this
purpose for about a month, and it seems to be working. If I back up a tree,
restore it somewhere else from floppies, diff -r produces no output on
regular files.

Is anyone else using GNU tar, and has anyone gotten burned doing this?

Chris Paris
cap@cs.cmu.edu