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From: greg@ncr-sd.UUCP (Greg Noel)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Question about cpio vs. tar
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Date: Fri, 2-May-86 16:14:04 EDT
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In article <236@oucs.UUCP> tim@oucs.UUCP (Tim Thompson) writes:
>I've been reading the discussion about the shortcomings of multiple tape
>backups in cpio format. Does tar handle multiple tapes better?

Last I looked, tar didn't handle multiple reels at all.
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-- Greg Noel, NCR Rancho Bernardo    Greg@ncr-sd.UUCP or Greg@nosc.ARPA