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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


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