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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!kientzle From: kientzle@netcom.com Subject: Re: dump and compression Message-ID: <kientzleE8AJw3.GEv@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom References: <5glaem$io6$2@kayrad.ziplink.net> <y7zhgi1d2sm.fsf@hzsbc259.nl.lucent.com> <5hcbde$c8n@uriah.heep.sax.de> <5hudmm$okb$7@kayrad.ziplink.net> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 23:28:51 GMT Lines: 11 Sender: kientzle@netcom12.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38699 In article <5hudmm$okb$7@kayrad.ziplink.net>, Mikhail Teterin <mi@ALDAN.ziplink.net..remove-after-`net'> wrote: >Compressing all the files together allows for much higher compression >rate. Are you suggesting something like: tar xxx | gzip >/dev/tape ?? If so, I'd suggest you reconsider. One bad bit, and you've just lost the entire rest of your backup. I've yet to see ANY backup medium I trust that much.