Question about cpio vs. tar

Greg Noel greg at ncr-sd.UUCP
Sat May 3 06:14:04 AEST 1986


In article <236 at oucs.UUCP> tim at oucs.UUCP (Tim Thompson) writes:
>I've been reading the discussion about the shortcomings of multiple tape
>backups in cpio format. Does tar handle multiple tapes better?

Last I looked, tar didn't handle multiple reels at all.
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