On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 01:46:26PM -0500, Jim Knoble wrote:
> Cpio is also a potential *backup* medium. For goodness' sake, if we're
> trying to have some semblance of compatibility, shouldn't an admin be
> able to back files using cpio and have them restore properly on another
> LSB system?
Not really. Backups are very much a site specific thing anyway. (Unless
you want to just back up and restore LSB applications, and none of your
user data?)
Cheers,
aj
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