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From: roskos@csed-1.UUCP (Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: BUNDLE for Minix (was: Backup for HD asked)
Message-ID: <285@csed-47.csed-1.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 88 15:55:37 GMT
References: <46400003@ztivax.UUCP> <10579@santra.UUCP>
Organization: IDA, Alexandria, VA
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Summary: multivolume PD tar

This is in response to the postings on how to do backups under Minix.

To handle this I am using PD tar (not the most recent version, an earlier
version with some DOS support changes I couldn't get John to put in) which
I modified to use multivolume support.  However, I am still testing it;
if there is enough interest I could post the current diffs, though.

The changes to PD tar are only about 3 or 4 lines worth; fortunately it
has comments in there already telling where the changes need to go.

However, Minix turned out to have a bug -- at least, I guess it's a bug --
in that it does not cause an EOF when you are *writing* to the floppy
disk special files and you reach the end of the disk; it only gets an EOF
when you are reading.  So, to use it, you have to change that too.

If there's any interest in this, send me email, and if there's enough
interest I can post the changes... if not I'll just email them.
-- 
Eric Roskos, IDA (...dgis!csed-1!roskos or csed-1!roskos@HC.DSPO.GOV)