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- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: The backup problem (was Re: tar won't do multi-volume archives)
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.195159.24655@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:51:59 GMT
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- Richard Braun (richb@jti.com) wrote:
-
- : Among the DOS utilities I gave up in order to run Linux was 'FastBack'.
- : This is a program which does multi-volume compressed backups in a hurry,
- : and it puts of the day one has to give in and replace the 3.5" diskette
- : with a tape drive.
- :
- : Tar doesn't support this feature. Among all the contributors to Linux,
- : has anyone solved the backup problem using any technology which can be
- : had for <US$300? Byte for byte, tape drives are more expensive than disk,
- : and worse, tape media and formats have diverged wildly in recent years.
-
- tar -Mz doesn't work?? Mine does - maybe you have a bad/old copy of tar...
-
- -M = multi-volume, -z = compressed.
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- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177
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