Backups using compress

[Steven M. List]

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.

CTAR from Microlite (Pennsylvania, I think - I'm home and don't have the
info here) does compression as it writes the tape, and does it in memory.
It's a pretty slick product, and I recommend it highly.
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