Subject: Afio version 2.3.7 (archiver and backup program)
From: [email-masked] (Koen Holtman)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 18:04:41 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

I have uploaded afio version 2.3.7 to the ftp sites

  ftp.win.tue.nl  : /pub/linux/tbackup/afio.2.3.7.tgz

  nic.funet.fi    : /pub/OS/Linux/util/backup/afio.2.3.7.tgz
  sunsite.unc.edu : /pub/Linux/system/Backup/afio.2.3.7.tgz

At this moment afio.2.3.7.tgz may still be in the incoming directories on
the last two sites.

Afio is an archiver/backup program that produces cpio-format archives.

Like tar, afio can make compressed archives.  However, the compressed
archives produced by afio are much safer than tar -z archives.
If a tar -z archive has a read error, tar is unable to extact the
files beyond this error.  The compressed archive format used by afio
allows it to recover from read errors and go on unpacking the next
file.

Version 2.3.7 does not introduce any new features.  If you are using
afio from the `backup' script by Karel Kubat or from my tbackup
package you do not need to upgrade to 2.3.7.  The bugs in 2.3.6 that
were fixed do not affect the working of these backup programs.
 
Changes wrt the latest (Linux) version of afio, 2.3.6-dpg-1:

- Some bugs fixed in the floppy handling code (-F option).
- Removed `buggy gzip workaround' in compfile.c, this caused afio to
  hang occasionally if the -f option was used.  This means that afio will
  only run with newer gzip versions. (I don't know exactly which version
  is new enough, though gzip 1.2.3 and above certainly are. Just try it.)
- Added more warnings to the manual.
- Added some ifdefs and a few notes to make porting to other unix
  versions easier.

LSM entry:

Begin2
Title        = AFIO
Version      = 2.3.7
Desc1        = Archiver & backup program w/ builtin compression
Desc2        = Afio is a better way of dealing with cpio-format archives.
Desc3        = Supports multi-volume archives during interactive operation.
Desc4        = Afio compressed archives are much safer than tar -z archives.
Author       = Mark Brukhartz
AuthorEmail  = ..!{ihnp4,sun}!laidbak!mdb
Maintainer   = Koen Holtman
MaintEmail   = [email-masked]
Site1        = nic.funet.fi
Path1        = /pub/OS/Linux/util/backup/
File1        = afio.2.3.7.tgz
Site2        = sunsite.unc.edu
Path2        = /pub/Linux/system/Backup
File2        = afio.2.3.7.tgz
Site3        = ftp.win.tue.nl
Path3        = /pub/linux/tbackup
File3        = afio.2.3.7.tgz
Required1    = gcc, gzip
CopyPolicy1  = Freeware. (c) 1985 Lachman Associates, Inc.
Keywords     = backup archive compression gzip afio cpio
Comment1     = GNU fnmatch() library included in the archive to help porting.
Entered      = 11MAR94
EnteredBy    = Koen Holtman
CheckedEmail = [email-masked]
End

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