Question about cpio vs. tar

Mon May 5 05:02:37 AEST 1986

> In article <236 at oucs.UUCP> tim at oucs.UUCP (Tim Thompson) writes:
> >I've been reading the discussion about the shortcomings of multiple tape
> >backups in cpio format. Does tar handle multiple tapes better?
> 
> Last I looked, tar didn't handle multiple reels at all.
> -- 

... Depends upon the "flavor" of Eunuchs.  Some SysV porters "fixed" their
versions of "cpio" to handle multiple volumes of media.  One good example
is Convergent Technologies in CTIX ...