Backup to tape with tar
WipeOut
wipe_out at users.sourceforge.net
Sun Apr 11 21:03:35 UTC 2004
Gavin Henry wrote:
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>On Sunday 11 Apr 2004 12:11, WipeOut wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>Just need confirmation and possibly input if I have missed something..
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>>I am backing up my data on my Linux system to a DAT tape drive using tar..
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>>The command I have used is "tar --totals -cvf /dev/st0 /home"..
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>I think it should be /dev/nst0
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I think that would be the same except that it would *not* rewind the
tape at the end of the opereation..
Later..
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