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1 total messages Started by David Garrison Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:41

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Author: David Garrison
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:41

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I have a customer ( a big one ) that is in search of a method of tranfering
his cpio data on existing tape to a tar tape. I know, I know, I know. He  can
cache the data to disk, then tar  it to another tape . Is there  another way?
Does anyone have the source handy that can read the cpio file format from raw
file and replicate it in tar format on another tape. I know this method would
also have problems because of the way tar treats hard links and symlinks (Which
he would  have to deal with). How  about some fancy piping and redirection of
file descriptors?  Thankx for any replys in advance.
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