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Don't know which device file to use for tape backup device.

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tree740

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I Install Seagate 4mm tape backup drive but I don't know which device file to use for backing up to the drive.
ex. tar --compare --verbose -F /dev/?????
I'm on Linux using version 6.2 redhat.




 
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Hi,

That would probably be :

/dev/st0 (first scsi tape)

or

/dev/nst0 (first scsi tape w/o auto rewind)

If you do 'ls -l /dev/tape' you may find that is linked to one the above too.

Regards
 
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Thanks ifincham it's /dev/st0 I'm running a tar backup to the drive right now.

Thank you & happy holidays
Tree740
 
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