Corrupted backup floppies from cpio

Barry Shein bzs at xenna
Sun Oct 23 05:40:35 AEST 1988


The problem is that cpio is not a backup utility and it's
irresponsible to use it as such. This problem is only one of several
fatal problems with using cpio to do backups. For those who have
nothing else, my sincerest sympathies, you're driving on ice with bald
tires, I've been there...

	-Barry Shein, ||Encore||



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