backup with compressed cpio files ?

[Tim Ramsey]

In article <9667 at smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn at brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
>In article <872 at deimos.cis.ksu.edu> I wrote:

>>      find . -print | compress | cpio -oac > /dev/rmt0
>>   Note that since cpio isn't writing directly to the tape device, the
>>   "-B" option doesn't do anything.

>What the hell are you guys talking about??
>The output from "find" is a list of pathnames,
>which must remain readable as "cpio" receives them
>If you direct "cpio -o"'s output at a magtape,
>it certainly WILL write directly to it.

>	find . -depth -print | cpio -oc | compress | dd bs=5k > /dev/rmt0

This is what I meant to say.  This is not what came out.  Doug, you
are absolutely right -- here's what I *meant* to say:
        find . -print | cpio -oac | compress > /dev/rmt0

Sorry if I confused anybody besides myself.  :-(

Tim
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