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From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: dump/restore
Keywords: cpio is not a real backup program
Message-ID: <336@pvab.UUCP>
Date: 31 Oct 88 09:29:07 GMT
References: <178@celerity.UUCP> <12433@steinmetz.ge.com>
Organization: ERBE Data AB, Sweden
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In article <12433@steinmetz.ge.com>, davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:

> I go between SysIII, SysV, micropost, xenix, Ultrix and
> SunOS using cpio, and it seems real enough for general use. If there's a
> problem you have, warn us about it.

How do I make backups of special files with cpio?-- 
Robert Claeson, ERBE DATA AB, P.O. Box 77, S-175 22 Jarfalla, Sweden
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