Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!bionet!ig!uwmcsd1!nic.MR.NET!shamash!nis!ems!pwcs!elric!corum!k0jfv!alan From: alan@k0jfv.UUCP (Al Kiecker) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: backup procedures Keywords: V/AT, cpio,tar,volcopy,floppy Message-ID: <101@k0jfv.UUCP> Date: 23 Sep 88 18:38:30 GMT Distribution: na Organization: A. W. Kiecker, Apple Valley, MN Lines: 27 I would appreciate hearing any suggestions that anyone could make on recommending a process to use in performing backups to floppies. I would like to be able to do some sort of selective backup: - why backup what is on your distribution disks? - what sort of disaster could befall me if I don't backup /usr/spool/news/...? - or why backup something if I have it on a previous backup and I have not modified it since then? What is cpio asking for when it gets to the end of a floppy and asks "If you want to go on, type device/file name when ready" ? Why can't it just ask you to put in a new floppy and then continue? Can tar be used? I don't think volcopy will give me the selection capability that I want. Thanks for your help. -- al -- Al Kiecker WORK: uunet!rosevax!bungia!sx1100!alan (612)635-2574 HOME: uunet!rosevax!corum!k0jfv!alan (612)432-8139