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From: peter@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Peter Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Need a backup utility with compression
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.232348.4198@aucs.AcadiaU.ca>
Date: 21 Feb 91 23:23:48 GMT
Reply-To: peter@aucs.acadiau.ca (Peter Steele)
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Is there a PD backup utility like tar or cpio that backs up files and
compresses them at the same time? We've found a commercial package called
bru that does this, but it's pretty pricey for our systems ($2000US). I've
tried to think of how I could incorporate Unix's own compress utility
along with tar but I can't see a workable solution. The compress operation
has to be an inherent part of the backup process. Any one know of something
that might do the trick? Note: Preferably for System V Unix. Thanks.

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Peter Steele      Acadia Univ.   Canada  B0P 1X0   peter@auad.AcadiaU.CA
Software Analyst  Wolfville, NS  902-542-2201x121  peter@Acadia.BITNET