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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Which tools can back up inodes with 32bit minor numbers ?
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>Which if any utils. are available for use in a script to do local backup of
>directories that have 32bit minor /dev numbers ? Any ? None ?

dump.  cpio with non-braindamaged formats (newc, crc; perhaps a hp format).
pax with non-braindamaged cpio formats.  tar can only handle 18 bit device
numbers.

>tar:
>  I thought tar wouldn't cope, was suprised to see it extract OK,
>  tried again later, failed (what I'd initially expected),

Files with a too-large device number cause an error at archive creation
time for the FreeBSD version of tar, cpio and pax.

Bruce