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From: "Jamie Brooks" <Jamie_T_Brooks@framatech.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: cpio, dump, or tar
Date: 17 Sep 1996 16:57:17 GMT
Organization: Framatome Technologies
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Jamie_T_Brooks@framatech.com

Does anyone know what type of backup to do on a BSD Unix host?  I have
backed up all filesystems except root with tar, and I know that tar will
not backup device nodes.  I tried to use cpio and dump, however neither one
is on this BSD Unix host!

I am puzzled.  I thought all Unix uses tar, cpio, and dump, however I have
found out differently with this BSD O/S (v2.0).  I have limited
documentation on BSD and would appreciate any help.  

Please respond by email to me:

		Jamie_T_Brooks@framatech.com

Thank You in Advance!  : )