Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 18:26:42 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Georg-W. Koltermann" <gwk@racer.dkrz.de> To: gilles.tschopp@aletsch.esis.vsnet.ch Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to use Syquest EZ-135 as backup drive ? Message-ID: <199606201626.SAA05312@racer.dkrz.de> In-Reply-To: <9606201752.AA26206@aletsch.esis.vsnet.ch> (message from Gilles Tschopp on Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:52:50 GMT)
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>>>>> "Gilles" == Gilles Tschopp <gilles.tschopp@aletsch.esis.vsnet.ch> writes:
Gilles> Hello, I'm an beginner of the Unix world. I would like to
Gilles> know how to manage backup of my FreeBSD system with the
Gilles> TAR command. I have a Syquest EZ-135 plugged on the SCSI
Gilles> subsystem. How to do ?
Gilles>
Gilles> A lot of thanks.
Gilles>
Gilles> Gilles Tschopp.
Gilles> ******************************************* Gilles
Gilles> Tschopp, Informaticien de gestion ES
Gilles> gilles.tschopp@esis.vsnet.ch http://icare.itech.ch
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Gilles> *******************************************
Gilles>
Gilles>
Try
cd /someplace
tar cvfb /dev/rst0 126 somefiles
If you specify a "." in place of "somefiles", the whole directory tree
starting at "/someplace" will be written to tape.
You may also want to take a look at man tar, man mt, man dump, and
man st.
Regards,
Georg-W. Koltermann, gwk@cray.com
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