Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 11:45:45 -0400 (EDT) From: zeus daemon <zeus@cookiem.inch.com> To: timmy ashby <timash@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970606114349.6573A-100000@cookiem.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <199706061721.KAA18369@f49.hotmail.com>
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/dev/rst0 would be the tape drive
are you archiving to tape?
if not here is a little guide to tar, i keep around as a reminder (all
this is available in the man page)
Usage: tar {txruc}[vfbFXhiBelmopw[0-7]] [tapefile] [blocksize]
[exclude-file] [-
I include-file] files ...
tar up the files in the current directory and save to filename.tar:
tar cfv - . > filename.tar
tar up the files in the directory dirname:
tar cfv - dirname > filename.tar
tar cvf /location/of/file.tar dirname
look at the contents of a tarfile filename.tar
tar tvf filename.tar
untar a tarfile, excluding the files listed in exclude_file. Note,
exclude_file must contain a full path list of the file to be excluded
(e.g. dir/file_to_exclude).
tar xfvX filename.tar exclude_file
tar the contents of directory to tape
tar cvf /dev/rmt/0 dirname
tar a directory and write to tape device on a remote host
/usr/local/bin/tar cvbBf 126 - /export/home | rsh alpha3 dd
of=/dev/rmt/0
other flags
tar xpkfvzX perl4.tgz exclude_perlman -C /
k - keep same perms
p - don't overwrite files that already exist
C - change to this directory and untar
redirect stdout/stderr
tar cvf foo.tar directory > outputfile 2>&1
Thank you
-zeus
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, timmy ashby wrote:
>
> i need a little more help.
>
> when i try to tar files it says "/dev/rst0 device not configured"
>
> can anyone tell me what this is?
>
> you do tar files with
>
> tar -c filename dont you?
>
> or do i not have that device configured in the kernal?
>
>
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