Re: [Nolug] This month's speaker... someone else (yay!)

On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 05:57, Joey Kelly wrote:
> <snip>
> > Brian, Tom, Jud? you guys up to tackle tar? Wow, I can't believe that I
> > actually might see tar working on tape...
> >
> > Obligatory link:
> > http://www.rt.com/man/mt.1.html
> > Mischa.
>
> You and your obligatory links...
>
> There's something on my wiki about tar: http://joeykelly.net/scratchpad/
> index.cgi?LinuxTapeBackupScript
This is one of those things that is spectacular until you have done it.
The only tough part of getting tar to do it's bit is identifying the
device. I have not done this for a long time but it works every time.
Just change to the directory you want to start from (the "." says
current) and type the command.
 % tar cf /dev/whatever .
Almost all the other commands (other than for extraction) have to do
with tape movement or checking stuff out. QIC drives used to be a
problem. In the UNIX world they were not supported or recommended.

-- 
James Scott
Computers are fun once you understand they are as dumb as a post.
Helping customers with solutions since 1992.
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