Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!unido!nixpbe!netmuc!bothe
From: bothe@netmuc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: backup with compressed cpio files ?
Message-ID: <9100001@netmuc>
Date: 8 Feb 89 15:53:00 GMT
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Nf-From: netmuc.UUCP!bothe    Feb  8 16:53:00 1989


hello,
has anyone tested to backup compressed cpiofiles ?

what i suggest is to save my files with:
find . -print | compress | cpio -oacB >/dev/rmt0

and to restore them with
</dev/rmt0 uncompress | cpio -icB ...

is the (un)compress save enough to do this?
can it handle all chars (incl. nuls and 8bit) ?

can it handle compressed files (we had trouble with a double
compressed file) ???

Answer please to:
bothe.muc@nixpbe.UUCP