Why idle backups?? (was Re: Looking for shell script for backup on BSD 4.3)

[Gary Blumenstein]

In article <32749 at sparkyfs.istc.sri.com> zwicky at quetzalcoatl.erg.sri.com.UUCP (Elizabeth Zwicky) writes:

>[..]
>Some sites run a dump modified by Purdue to skip inodes that change
>after the tables are read  [..]

Does anyone have the sources for this?  Would somebody be willing to send it
to me if I snail-mail an 8mm or 1/4" tape?

Thanks,

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Gary M. Blumenstein, UNIX System Administrator
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