[plug] Backups

[Richard Sharpe]

At 05:06 PM 7/8/00 +0800, Jason Nicholls wrote:
>Hiya,
>
>On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 04:47:32PM +0800, Earnshaw, Mike wrote:
>> List,
>> 
>> When I try to tar to a scsi tape with:
>> 
>> tar -czf filename.tar /mnt/cad | /dev/st0 
>
>shouldn't that last pipe be a redirector (ie: '>')?

No! To use redirection, do:

  tar -czf - /mnt/cad > /dev/st0

However, it is a lot easier to do:

  tar -czf /dev/st0 /mnt/cad

Also, watch out for misspellings:

  tar -czf /dev/sto /mnt/cad

I have come across many a UNIX system with large files in /dev before.


>Later,
>
>Jason Nicholls
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Regards
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