dump/restore

[Robert Claeson]

In article <12433 at steinmetz.ge.com>, davidsen at steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:

> I go between SysIII, SysV, micropost, xenix, Ultrix and
> SunOS using cpio, and it seems real enough for general use. If there's a
> problem you have, warn us about it.

How do I make backups of special files with cpio?-- 
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