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  3. From: terry@thisbe.Eng.Sandy.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert)
  4. Subject: Re: backup w/ compression for UN*X?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep3.165702.3809@gateway.novell.com>
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  8. Organization: Novell NPD -- Sandy, UT
  9. References: <1992Sep3.015437.15379@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
  10. Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:57:02 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Sep3.015437.15379@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> paoletti@cps.msu.edu (David R. Paoletti) writes:
  14. >Does anyone know of any software for UN*X, 386BSD or otherwise,
  15. >that does on-the-fly compression?  Thinking of looking into
  16. >writing my own, or getting some 386BSD people together to help,
  17. >as soon as I get my new machine built with enough HD space to
  18. >re-compile 386BSD...  This would be really nice for people with
  19. >floppies, or even people who want to save on tapes.
  20.  
  21. ctar (LoneStar software, I believe... Hi guys!)
  22.  
  23. Doesn't gnutar support -z (LZW compression)?
  24.  
  25. Some flavors of ftpd, if you want net backup.
  26.  
  27.  
  28.                     Terry Lambert
  29.                     terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
  30.                     terry@icarus.weber.edu
  31.  
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  33. Disclaimer:  Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of
  34. my present or previous employers.
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