Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nfsun!ditka!libove!root From: root@libove.UUCP (The Super User) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: New: afio backups, directory ownership? Summary: afio vs cpio Message-ID: <40@libove.UUCP> Date: 16 Jun 88 15:59:54 GMT References: <5842@chinet.UUCP> <11269@steinmetz.ge.com> Organization: NKJL Enterprises Lines: 23 In article <11269@steinmetz.ge.com>, davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes: > Please post the patch. There is a -x option, which I confidently > tested and found worked... my test was wrong (sorry jay). > ...although I admit I only use afio when there's no real cpio to be had. > -- > bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) > {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen > "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me Why do you prefer cpio to afio? My system has a cpio, but it lacks afio's ability to deal with multiple tape archives, and it has the more verbose modes, stats, and I believe is slightly more efficient (it has an "old" mode compatibility, for cpio -c, but otherwise uses its own header format). While we're at it, afio also has a couple of "protect me from myself" switches, and the ability (for people with tape drives that can really move, not floppies like me... *sigh*) to spawn another process to do the writes. -- Jay Libove Internet: libove@cs.cmu.edu libove@andrew.cmu.edu 5313 Ellsworth Avenue formtek!ditka!libove!libove@pt.cs.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, PA 15232 UUCP: cmucspt!formtek!ditka!libove!libove (412) 621-9649 cadre!pitt!darth!libove!libove