- "tar cvzf /dev/st0 ./mydir", how can I make it swap tape?
- Posted by Raymond Li on March 6th, 2004
Dear all,
I have tried to backup my data to tape under Linux with the above
command. The only problem I got is that when the data is too large and
exceed a tape's capacity, then the backup just fail. How can I make it
swap another tape?
Thanks in advance!
Raymond
- Posted by Nick Landsberg on March 6th, 2004
Raymond Li wrote:
have you tried the compress option?
Gzip, compress, etc.?
It might be worth a try.
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"It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so
ingenious" - A. Bloch
- Posted by Tony Curtis on March 6th, 2004
$ info tar
`--multi-volume'
`-M'
Informs `tar' that it should create or otherwise operate
on a multi-volume `tar' archive.
`--volno-file=FILE'
Used in conjunction with `--multi-volume'. `tar' will
keep track of which volume of a multi-volume archive its [sic]
working in FILE.
You could also explore more capable backup systems
e.g. bacula.
hth
t
