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From: bennett@mp.cs.niu.edu (Scott Bennett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Backup a large file to mutiple disks
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.012419.31269@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 91 01:24:19 GMT
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In article <N*7-}WC@rpi.edu> jeng@ecse.rpi.edu (David Jeng) writes:
>Does anyone know how to backup a large file (> capacity of
>a single floppy) to mutiple floppy disks? I tried "dump" but
>it only backups a whole file system.

     Get GNU tar from uunet.uu.net.  It's in gnu/tar-1.09.tar.Z.
While you're there, take a gander at some of the other goodies in
the gnu directory.

>Thanks.
>
>-Dave
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>David Jeng
>ECSE Department
>Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
>jeng@ecse.rpi.edu
>----------------------------------------------------------------------


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
                                  Systems Programming
                                  Northern Illinois University
                                  DeKalb, Illinois 60115
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