From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 30 16:39:58 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA27230 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 16:39:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA27225 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 16:39:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA11179; Sun, 31 Dec 1995 11:18:31 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512310048.LAA11179@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Backup programs? To: james@else.net (James FitzGibbon) Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 11:18:30 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "James FitzGibbon" at Dec 30, 95 01:16:44 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk James FitzGibbon stands accused of saying: > I'm looking for suggestions for backup software for use under FreeBSD > with a SCSI DAT. The system in questions won't be babysat much, so if > anyone knows of programs that handle failures gracefully, it would be > appreciated. > > ps. 'tar' doesn't count, for those with a new year's sense of humour... I'm curious; why not? If the system is unattended, I'd suggest Amanda (see the ports collection), or an expect script and dump. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[