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backup on tape
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Amount of bytes on the tape ? Can't tell that due to hardware compression.
File list ? tar -tvf /dev/rmt0
Append files ? Documentation on "tar" indicates that appending files to a tape is not supported. You could try this though...
mt -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
mt -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 1
tar -cvf /dev/rmt0.1 filespec
Next time, you would do
mt -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
mt -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 2
tar- cvf /dev/rmt0.1 filespec
and so on...
Bill.
File list ? tar -tvf /dev/rmt0
Append files ? Documentation on "tar" indicates that appending files to a tape is not supported. You could try this though...
mt -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
mt -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 1
tar -cvf /dev/rmt0.1 filespec
Next time, you would do
mt -f /dev/rmt0 rewind
mt -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 2
tar- cvf /dev/rmt0.1 filespec
and so on...
Bill.
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