viraf@gwusun.gwu.edu (Viraf Bankwalla) (05/22/89)
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had the Stuffit 1.5 format, or could suggest alternative formats to use to write files to tape. As I need to back up about 600 MFS volumes, and 10 HFS volumes, I would like to maintain the directory structure, file type, creator, rsrc and data forks, and comments if any. Thanks. viraf bankwalla viraf@gwusun.gwu.edu uunet!gwusun!viraf
bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) (05/23/89)
In article <1374@gwusun.gwu.edu> viraf@gwusun.gwu.edu (Viraf Bankwalla) writes: > I was wondering if anyone had the Stuffit 1.5 format, or could >suggest alternative formats to use to write files to tape. As I >need to back up about 600 MFS volumes, and 10 HFS volumes, I would >like to maintain the directory structure, file type, creator, rsrc >and data forks, and comments if any. Why would you need the Stuffit file format for this? To what sort of 'tape' do you wish to back up your files? In general, not knowing the specifics of your situation, I'd suggest that you simply get yourself a hard drive (or lots of HFS floppies) and use the commercial package Redux to back up your files. If you have a good reason for putting it all to tape, use Stuffit to pack everything into an archive (very time-consuming on anything less than a Mac II!) and save those files - but you sacrifice accessibility for size. Stuffed archives, while they don't take very much room compared to the original files they contain, can be time- consuming to break apart again. If you post a more concise description of your situation, I'll see what further advice I can offer. -- | Brian S. Kendig /\ +----+ /\ of Power | bskendig | | Computer Engineering / Triforces! \ Courage | @phoenix.Princeton.EDU | | Princeton University +----+ \/ +----+ Wisdom | @PUCC.BITNET | | "Estu la Forteco kun vi." - Obi-Wan Kenobi | @somewhere_past_Betelgeuse |