Backups using compress
Bill Smith
smith at urbana.mcd.mot.com
Fri Nov 30 06:22:39 AEST 1990
In article <25106 at adm.brl.mil> dpence at redstone-emh2.army.mil ( Dwayne Pence) writes:
>Does anyone know of a way to compress files before sending them through
>cpio or tar to tape without actually creating a ".Z" file on disk. I am
>trying to create backup tapes which are compressed versions of our files
>on disk. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>Dwayne Pence
To write the tape record(s) you ask for, do this:
find /usr -print | cpio -ocB | compress -c > /dev/<tape_drive>
To extract, do this:
uncompress < /dev/<tape_drive> | cpio -icBumd
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Bill Smith, Motorola MCD, Urbana Design Center, Urbana, IL 61801
Email: smith at urbana.mcd.mot.com, uiucuxc!udc!smith
Phone: 217 384 8525
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