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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!pacific.cps.msu.edu!paoletti From: paoletti@cps.msu.edu (David R. Paoletti) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: backup w/ compression for UN*X? Message-ID: <1992Sep3.015437.15379@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 3 Sep 92 01:54:37 GMT Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University Lines: 11 Originator: paoletti@pacific.cps.msu.edu Does anyone know of any software for UN*X, 386BSD or otherwise, that does on-the-fly compression? Thinking of looking into writing my own, or getting some 386BSD people together to help, as soon as I get my new machine built with enough HD space to re-compile 386BSD... This would be really nice for people with floppies, or even people who want to save on tapes. I realize that this isn't the standard UN*X way to do backups, but a compressing dump program would be really useful to students. Dave Paoletti :)