Xenix filesystem fragmentation

[David J. MacKenzie]

In article <25476567.13276 at ateng.com> chip at ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>According to usenet at cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner):
>>Tar does not backup special device files (ie /dev) and I've
>>some **IX's tar who didn't backup up empty directories.
>
>Get afio from the comp.sources.unix archives.  It handles all kinds of
>files, including device entries.  And it's fast.  And it requires less
>backup media for the same amount of backup.  And you'll have source code.

If you want to use tar format, GNU tar does special files and empty
directories right, as well.
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David J. MacKenzie <djm at wam.umd.edu>