From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 2 16:03:47 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA26639 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 2 Jun 1995 16:03:47 -0700 Received: from disperse.demon.co.uk (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id QAA26614 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 1995 16:03:41 -0700 Received: from post.demon.co.uk by disperse.demon.co.uk id aa18371; 3 Jun 95 0:03 +0100 Received: from bagpuss.demon.co.uk by post.demon.co.uk id aa26772; 3 Jun 95 0:03 +0100 Received: (karl@localhost) by bagpuss.demon.co.uk (3.1/3.1) id WAA00575; Fri, 2 Jun 1995 22:20:21 +0100 From: Karl Strickland Message-Id: <199506022120.WAA00575@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Backing up on Exabyte 8MM Tape ?? To: John Herks Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 22:20:20 +0100 (BST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506020123.LAA05717@pyromania.apana.org.au> from "John Herks" at Jun 2, 95 11:23:38 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 652 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > What is the correct format for backing up and restoring (a directory > tree) on a Exabyte tape drive ??? > > Do I use tar or mt ? If you need to backup a full filesystem, use dump(8) and restore(8). If you just need to backup selected files, use tar or cpio. mt is used to control various tape operations, such as rewind, spacing between filemarks etc. -- ------------------------------------------+----------------------------------- Mailed using ELM on FreeBSD | Karl Strickland PGP 2.3a Public Key Available. | Internet: karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk |