From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 09:00:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA26006 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 09:00:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA26000 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 09:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with UUCP id RAA15534; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 17:45:53 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.gtn.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA00345; Fri, 4 Oct 1996 16:35:26 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 16:35:25 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm To: Tim Pushor cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tape drive problems? maybe? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-try-apsfilter: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz X-Fax: +49 2137 2018 X-Phone: +49 2137 2020 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Tim Pushor wrote: Hi Tim ! This doesn't answer your question, but a comment concerning tar usage... > cd /somewhere ; tar cf /dev/nrst0 * ^---------------- (*) > cd /somewhere/else ; tar cf /dev/nrst0 * ^----------- (*) (*) This expands to the files and directories, the shell finds in your current directory ... This doesn't backup dot files ... A better way doing a complete backup of the current directory is in most cases: cd /somewhere/else ; tar cf /dev/nrst0 . ^---- ! > Now I am attempting to restore these directories (actually just verify > that this is happening) with: > mt rewind > tar tf /dev/nrst0 > filelist.1 > tar tf /dev/nrst0 > filelist.2 > > the first one always works (and is the one I backed up first) the second > one never does. I have tried writing filemarks using mt between the two > backup procedures. What happens, when trying 'tar tvf /dev/nrst0' multiple times ?! Does it then jump to the 2nd volume ?! > Does anybody know what is going on? No and I don't have a tape handy .... just a guess. Andreas /// -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<