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Old 02-16-2008, 05:10 AM
Brian K. White
 
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> The simple question was just how to pass master.tar to tape , as if I
> had done tar /dev/rStp0 , I suppose I need to extract master.tar
> and pipe it to /dev/rStp0


What do you think goes on the tape normally?
What do you think is in the tar?

Just dd the file to the tape. No extract.
dd if=file.tar of=/dev/rStp0

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Old 02-16-2008, 05:10 AM
Dnix
 
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Default Re: network tar backup

On Jan 10, 3:01 pm, "Brian K. White" <br...@aljex.com> wrote:
> > The simple question was just how to pass master.tar to tape , as if I
> > had done tar /dev/rStp0 , I suppose I need to extract master.tar
> > and pipe it to /dev/rStp0

>
> What do you think goes on the tape normally?
> What do you think is in the tar?
>
> Just dd the file to the tape. No extract.
> dd if=file.tar of=/dev/rStp0
>
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> Brian K. White br...@aljex.com http://www.myspace.com/KEYofR
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> filePro BBx Linux SCO FreeBSD #callahans Satriani Filk!


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