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From: "Joe Wood" <dot.sn1tch@gmail.com>
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Subject: Quick, simple backup solution
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Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:15:59 -0000
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I am looking for a quick backup solution for my freebsd machine. Currently I
backup to a DDS-4 DAT drive using the following while in "/":

 

tar -zpcvf /dev/sa0 .

 

I am aware of bacula, Amanda, cpio, and dump but to me tar is the ideal
method so if anyone had a simple script to automate this process I would
greatly appreciate some help in making my own.

 

Thanks again, you guys are great!!

 

Joe