Xref: utzoo comp.sources.d:2235 comp.unix.questions:7418 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: cpio/afio writing directories? Message-ID: <687@omen.UUCP> Date: 6 Jun 88 00:47:01 GMT References: <23@libove.UUCP> Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Distribution: comp Organization: Omen Technology Inc, Portland Oregon Lines: 8 I have switched to afio for backing up files on Xenix because the resulting archive is much smaller than with tar, and because afio is much faster than cpio. Both cpio and afio are meant to be driven by find: "find caf spool/yam telegodzilla lib -print | afio -ovzb 32k /dev/rct0" The find -newer option is useful for incremental backups.