Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:58:44 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> To: "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cpio tape archive across multiple tapes? Message-ID: <008d01c1e076$50d98540$b50d030a@PATRICK> References: <006001c1df18$eb2b30d0$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com> > Hi. I'm backing up a directory of scans that came in for one of our > projects. It happens to be more data than can fit on one 2402 ft. DTF tape. > I used tar to make a backup, but when it reaches the end of the tape, it > just exits with an error. I've decided I want to use cpio instead. Is > there any way to tell cpio to ask for a new tape when it reaches the end of > one? I have not used cpio for a while, but I seem to remember using -I and -O options to ensure that media changes would occur in an orderly fashion. Patrick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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