On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 08:33:57AM -0700, Ben Collver wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 03:23:37PM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> > Hello guys, 
> > 
> > I'm looking for a way to backup to cd's/dvd's using dump(8).  Searching
> > through the archives, I found this post: 
> > 
> > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2002/01/02/0023.html
> > 
> > ... what about integrating gzip? ...
> >
> > What do you guys think?  
> 
> 
> It is a great idea, but I don't think it currently works.  See
> 
> http://backyard.homeunix.net/~ben/docs/comp/unix/netbsd/cdrw-backup-idea
> 
> Ben

What exactly doesn't work?  Dumping to named pipes itself (like the first
link describes), or the pipe returning and end-of-tape signal?

GH