Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdchema.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn From: donn@sdchema.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Anyone interested in 'rtar' and 'rdd'? (re-posted) Message-ID: <1079@sdchema.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 22:39:43 EST Article-I.D.: sdchema.1079 Posted: Sun Mar 11 22:39:43 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 20:24:09 EST Organization: Used Softwear Jobbers, Inc. (Clandestine Computer Services) Lines: 15 [This article apparently didn't make it off our site... sigh.] After several exasperating experiences with 'rsh' and 'dd', I decided to steal the remote tape routines from 'rdump' and install them in 'tar' and 'dd'. The new programs, 'rtar' and 'rdd', do away with messy fooling around with blocksizes over the Ethernet, avoid the problem encountered with 'rsh' that prevents it from running in background, and (subjectively) run much faster. If enough people are interested, I will clean these up, write manual pages and distribute them. You can send me mail at either electronic address below: Donn Seeley UCSD Chemistry Dept. ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn 32 52' 30"N 117 14' 25"W (619) 452-4016 sdcsvax!sdchema!donn@noscvax