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Date:      Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:24:06 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 'cpdup' program, and question 
Message-ID:  <199901260524.VAA14408@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:52:10 PST." <199901260452.UAA12753@apollo.backplane.com> 

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>     I would like to commit it.  Should it be a port or should I commit it to
>     /usr/bin or even /bin?  The only reason why I ask is that I think the
>     program could be very useful in handling diskless workstation startup
>     as well as templating, and the program can also be extremely useful in
>     single-user mode when recovering a system over an NFS mount because, unlike
>     tar or cpio, you can ^C it and start it over again without wasting all the
>     work that has already been accomplished.  This would argue for /bin.

It should be a port.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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