tape backup issue

[terrywashington]

I am trying to tar and gzip a directory to a tape (dev/rmt/0) in a single command line. I have devised a command that will allow me to tar and gzip the directory and put it on another disk or host via the /net mountpoint. I am running the command
tar cvf - . | gzip > /disk1/project.tar.gz.
This command creates a gzipped, tar file of the current directory on /disk1. I am trying to figure out the syntax to send the gzipped tar file to my tape drive instead of /disk1 but am not having any luck. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Annihilannic]

Does tar cvf - . | gzip > /dev/rmt/0 not work? Annihilannic.

 

[jamisar]

i would try (not actually on unix sys)
tar cvf - . | gzip | tar cf /dev/rmt/0 - -----------
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