In article <9100001 at netmuc> bothe at netmuc.UUCP writes: >what i suggest is to save my files with: >find . -print | compress | cpio -oacB >/dev/rmt0 Don't you mean : find . -print | cpio -oacB | compress >/dev/rmt0 Bjorn Satdeva uunet!sysadm!bjorn /sys/admin, inc The Unix System Administration Experts