backup with compressed cpio files ?

[bothe at netmuc.UUCP]

hello,
has anyone tested to backup compressed cpiofiles ?

what i suggest is to save my files with:
find . -print | compress | cpio -oacB >/dev/rmt0

and to restore them with
</dev/rmt0 uncompress | cpio -icB ...

is the (un)compress save enough to do this?
can it handle all chars (incl. nuls and 8bit) ?

can it handle compressed files (we had trouble with a double
compressed file) ???

Answer please to:
bothe.muc at nixpbe.UUCP