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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!pacific.cps.msu.edu!paoletti From: paoletti@comp/unix/bsdps.msu.edu (David R. Paoletti) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: backup w/ compression for UN*X? Message-ID: <1992Sep3.155227.16767@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 3 Sep 92 15:52:27 GMT References: <1992Sep3.015437.15379@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <dtb.715502483@otto> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University Lines: 12 Originator: paoletti@pacific.cps.msu.edu Basically, people have responded to my post by pointing out that you can pipe through the compress program. I know to use tar, compress, cpio, dd, pipes, etc. I should have included the following point in my original post: If you pipe through the compress program, doesn't it write its compression/translation table at the beginning of the output that it produces? What happens if the beginning of the tape or the first disk is damaged? Or am I incorrect in assuming that compress works this way? Dave Paoletti :)