donn@sdchema.UUCP (03/12/84)
[This article apparently didn't make it off our site... sigh.] After several exasperating experiences with 'rsh' and 'dd', I decided to steal the remote tape routines from 'rdump' and install them in 'tar' and 'dd'. The new programs, 'rtar' and 'rdd', do away with messy fooling around with blocksizes over the Ethernet, avoid the problem encountered with 'rsh' that prevents it from running in background, and (subjectively) run much faster. If enough people are interested, I will clean these up, write manual pages and distribute them. You can send me mail at either electronic address below: Donn Seeley UCSD Chemistry Dept. ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn 32 52' 30"N 117 14' 25"W (619) 452-4016 sdcsvax!sdchema!donn@noscvax