root@mjbtn.JOBSOFT.COM (Mark J. Bailey) (07/27/90)
Hello, Does anyone know if there is a PD version of cpio (like afio) that supports remote devices over ethernet like the new GNU Tar does (ie, remotename:/dev/erct0). SCO Unix's cpio has a -O option that supports output direct to a device instead of to stdout. My interest here is that I want to be able to backup my SCO Unix system over the ethernet between it and my other unix box using something like cpio that will allow me to span volumes. If that can already be done with existing cpio and rcmd constructs, I would love to hear about them. Also, I have heard about a product called ctar which is a i386 tar implementation that supports compression. Anyone have any comments on this package? Thanks in advance. Mark. -- Mark J. Bailey, N4XHX "We do our JOB, so you can do yours!" USMAIL: 511 Memorial Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37129_______/====X11====\_______ VOICE: +1 615 893 0098 | JobSoft | UUCP: ...!uunet!mjbtn!mjb, ...!raider!mjbtn!mjb | Design & Development Co.| DOMAIN: mjb@mjbtn.JOBSOFT.COM CIS: 76314,160 | Murfreesboro, TN USA | <KA9Q-UNIX-USERS Mailing List-Subscribe: ka9q-unix-requests@mjbtn.jobsoft.com>
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) (07/28/90)
In article <644@mjbtn.JOBSOFT.COM> root@mjbtn.JOBSOFT.COM (Mark J. Bailey) writes: >Hello, > >Does anyone know if there is a PD version of cpio (like afio) that >supports remote devices over ethernet like the new GNU Tar does >(ie, remotename:/dev/erct0). SCO Unix's cpio has a -O option that >supports output direct to a device instead of to stdout. Funny you should mention afio, since it does exactly what you want if you have rsh. If your rsh happens to be named something else you will change the sprintf() that constructs the command (line 584 in the copy I've got). It also requires a copy of afio on the remote machine, where the undocumented -O or -I options are used to copy raw data to/from the device. Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us