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From: ddr@flux.isr.alaska.edu (Donald D Rice)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Looking for archive format information
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Date: 17 May 91 21:51:17 GMT
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We may have the need to backup some large (hundreds of megabytes) files on
a remote Novell network and bring the backup copy here, where we don't
use Novell networking.

 - Is there a description of the format written by LARCHIVE/NARCHIVE
   somewhere?

 - Failing that, is the format simple (files stuck together with some
   header information) or complex (data compression or worse)?

Since having to read Brand X backups on Brand Y systems is a fairly common
problem, I'm hoping someone has looked into this before for Novell backups.
I have zero Novell documentation on hand but could probably scare up specific
manuals if I knew what to ask for.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Don
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Don Rice                                  Internet: ddr@flux.isr.alaska.edu
Geophysical Institute                     E-mail:   fnddr@alaska.bitnet
University of Alaska                      Phone:    (907) 474-7569
Fairbanks, AK 99775                       Loran:    64.86N 212.16E