Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ariel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!ariel!wjb From: wjb@ariel.UUCP (W.BOGSTAD) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: tar .vs. cpio Message-ID: <718@ariel.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Aug-84 16:28:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ariel.718 Posted: Sun Aug 12 16:28:35 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Aug-84 01:00:35 EDT References: <198@ucbopal.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> <1108@sdcsvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T-ISL, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 10 With the versions of tar and cpio, I have used there is a big difference. "tar" does not backup special files correctly. The "dump" and "restor" programs available under version 7 are a real pain to use so cpio was used instead. I don't know if current versions of tar have this problem, but it would be one reason to justify cpio. Bill Bogstad