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Date:      Tue, 17 Mar 1998 12:50:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mark Castillo <webmaster@webfreaks.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tar - writing to tape compressed?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980317125023.994d-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <350DF4CA.D90D77BF@webfreaks.com>

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On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Mark Castillo wrote:

> now that i've got my scsi HP SureStore T41 tape drive working, I can now
> tar to the tape.  My question now is how do I take advantage of
> compression?  Can tar do this or must I use a different program?

I believe, but I have not tested this, but you can use the densities
set this up.  Run `mt status'.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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