On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 07:01:27PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > The short answer is: > > # cd /path/to/old/directory > # find . -depth -print0 | afio -p -xv -0a /mount/point/of/new/directory [ snip ] > afio: > Afio is a better way of dealing with cpio-format archives. It is > generally faster than cpio, provides more diverse magnetic tape > options and deals somewhat gracefully with input data corruption. It > deals somewhat gracefully with input data corruption. Supports > multi-volume archives during interactive operation. Afio can make > compressed archives that are much safer than compressed tar or cpio > archives. Afio is best used as an `archive engine' in a backup > script. > > % find . -depth -print0 | afio -px -0a new-dir > > All my backups onto tape use afio. Are you interested in sharing your backup scripts? I just put a dds-3 in a server here and I'm lookng to put it to use. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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