Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!dan From: dan@gacvx2.gac.edu Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Backup while in multi-user mode Message-ID: <1991May26.134204.226@gacvx2.gac.edu> Date: 26 May 91 19:42:04 GMT Article-I.D.: gacvx2.1991May26.134204.226 References: <1991May25.003146.13982@ingres.Ingr <1991May26.180717.22463@menudo.uh.edu> Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota Lines: 22 In article <1991May26.180717.22463@menudo.uh.edu>, acsiv@menudo.uh.edu (Duck @ U of Houston) writes: > In article peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >> >>That's why we use pax. > > I'll bite...what's pax? archie> whatis pax pax Reads and writes tar(1) and "cpio" formats, both traditional and IEEE 1003.1 (POSIX) extended. Handles multi-volume archives and automatically determines format while reading. Has tar(1), "cpio", and "pax" interfaces. "pax" interface is based on IEEE 1003.2 Draft 7 -- Dan Boehlke Internet: dan@gac.edu Campus Network Manager BITNET: dan@gacvax1.bitnet Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 56082 USA Phone: (507)933-7596