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Subject: Re: Question about cpio vs. tar
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Date: Sun, 4-May-86 15:02:37 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.
> -- 

... Depends upon the "flavor" of Eunuchs.  Some SysV porters "fixed" their
versions of "cpio" to handle multiple volumes of media.  One good example
is Convergent Technologies in CTIX ...