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#! rnews 1256 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!viper.inow.com!ns1.aplatform.com!newsfeed1.aimnet.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!mujibur.inmind.com!usenet 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 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <01bba4ba$4a8abfe0$a46454a0@brookjt.framatech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailserv.framatech.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 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! : )