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From: colin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Colin Manning)
Subject: Re: backup w/ compression for UN*X?
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References: <1992Sep3.165702.3809@gateway.novell.com> <1992Sep4.085828.10853@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <1992Sep06.104350.2659@rubikon.han.de> <BRTMAC.92Sep6140131@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:47:39 GMT
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brtmac@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett McCoy) writes:
>In article <1992Sep06.104350.2659@rubikon.han.de> toad@rubikon.han.de
>(Peter Cleve) writes:
>>Something like this: (Not a ready to go script, but it shows the idea)
>>
>>YourFavoriteArchiver |
>>YourFavoriteCompress | (
>> echo Insert Media > /dev/tty
>> read dummy < /dev/tty
>> dd of=YourFavoriteDevice bs=Foo count=YourFavoriteMediaSize
>>)
>>
>>Reading from the Media should be implemented easily too.
>There is a serious problem with this scheme. You have to read every
>single disk, or whatever, to get a file that is on the last disk.
>Also, if a disk in the middle of the dump is bad there is no way to
>get the data from the disks following the bad one because you can't
>start reading a compressed file in the middle.
>++Brett;
What about:
find / -name "*" -exec "ind-comp"{}";"
where ind-comp is:
compress $1
tar -r $1
uncompress $1
I'm not sure on the syntax, but you should get the general idea.
Colin.
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Colin [colin@cs.curtin.edu.au]
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