peter@ficc.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (08/19/88)
Why don't you use cpio instead of tar for backups? Something like: find $dir -newer $dir/.backup -print | cpio -ocv >/dev/rmt0 touch $dir/.backup -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Ferranti International Controls Corporation. "Have you hugged U your wolf today?" sugar.uu.net!ficc!peter.
" Maynard) (08/21/88)
In article <1288@ficc.UUCP> peter@ficc.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >Why don't you use cpio instead of tar for backups? >Something like: >find $dir -newer $dir/.backup -print | cpio -ocv >/dev/rmt0 >touch $dir/.backup Modulo, of course, one particular well-known microcomputer software vendor's semi-well-known bug on overflowing the cpio backup beyond 15 output volumes... -- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC...>splut!< | Never ascribe to malice that which can uucp: uunet!nuchat! | adequately be explained by stupidity. hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!splut!jay +---------------------------------------- {killer,bellcore}!tness1! | Birthright Party '88: let's get spaced!