Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site resonex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!petsd!pesnta!amd!resonex!nancy From: nancy@resonex.UUCP (Nancy Blachman) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Dump(8) and the Modified Tower of Hanoi Message-ID: <284@resonex.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 02:11:37 EDT Article-I.D.: resonex.284 Posted: Fri Jul 12 02:11:37 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:38:49 EDT Organization: Resonex, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 16 Keywords: dump,tower of hanoi The UNIX manual page for dump(8) suggests dumping a file system according to a modified Tower of Hanoi algorithm. If you know how the sequence suggested, i.e., 0 3 2 5 4 7 6 9 8 relates to the Tower of Hanoi algorithm, would you please write to me and tell me. The Tower of Hanoi algorithm is the sequence required to move rings of different sizes from one peg of three pegs to another with the restriction that no ring may lie on top of a smaller ring. Do you know who invented the Tower of Hanoi? /\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\//\/ Nancy Blachman UUCP: {hplabs,ihnp4,ucbvax!sun}!resonex!nancy (408)720 8600 x37 ARPA: nancy@riacs.ARPA