saving directories when they don't fit on 1 tape

[Charles Bryant]

In article <1454 at mdbs.UUCP> wsmith at mdbs.UUCP (Bill Smith) writes:

>Is there an automatic, reasonably portable way to save a directory and all 
>files beneath it on tape when it does not fit on a single piece of media 
>and can not easily be split at the next level down in the directory tree?

I have found the best way to back up a 70Mb file system onto a 60Mb cartridge
is with "cpio -o | compress". You can rely on about 2:1 compression unless a
lot of your data is already compressed.
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		Charles Bryant. (ch at dce.ie)
Working at Datacode Electronics Ltd. (Modem manufacturers)