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- From: dll@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Don Loflin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
- Subject: Re: tar, NFS with IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 - problems
- Keywords: TAR, TCPIP, OS2
- Message-ID: <78934@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 16:03:05 GMT
- References: <92233.194824RONY@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at> <ignacij.714663822@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug25.213332.26277@alf.pec.co.nz>
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
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- >>>This whole backup-problem in our setup (our Unix-machines have all the
- >>>needed devices) could very well leed us to use another's product which
- >>>allows us to use the Unix-world for backup-purposes.
- >>
- >
- >We do our backups by mounting the OS/2 drives on a SCO UNIX machine
- >and running TAR under UNIX. We found that we had to reduce the buffer
- >sizes to 1024 bytes before it would work. We didn't need to go as low
- >as 512 bytes. It's not quick though. We are hoping to use an OS/2
- >TAR with IBM TCP/IP's rexec or rsh as a better method for the backups.
-
- If you are looking for a TAR to use with the TCP/IP rexec or rsh, get
- the version of Gnu TAR included with the GTAK100.ZOO stuff. It supports
- long filenames, extended attributes, and comes with a COMPRESS, which it
- can pipe its output through.
-
- The "Other" version of GNU TAR may or may not support EAs, but it does
- support long filenames, I believe.
-
-
- ____________
- Don Loflin
- Computation Center,
- Univ. of Texas at Austin
- loflin@emx.utexas.edu
-