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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!fox.almaden.ibm.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!hunter.premier.net!bofh.dot!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!pool!not-for-mail From: chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu (PRC/IRDS) Subject: Re: Making a multi-volume backup to /dev/fd0 using tar X-Nntp-Posting-Host: fang.cs.sunyit.edu Message-ID: <4nsma9$5t1@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> Lines: 32 Sender: usenet@sunyit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome References: <DrpIsx.y7@ecf.toronto.edu> <4nq2e0$a6n@sidhe.hsc.fr> Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 15:08:57 GMT In article <4nq2e0$a6n@sidhe.hsc.fr>, Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> wrote: > [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email] > >In article <DrpIsx.y7@ecf.toronto.edu>, >Frank Ficnar <ficnar@ecf.toronto.edu> wrote: >> Is it possible to make a multi-volume backup to diskette using tar? > >Just use the multi-volume flag: > >tar -cvfM /dev/rfd0 * > >and tar will ask you to change the disk whenever it has filled it up. >-- >Ollivier ROBERT -=-=- FreeBSD 2.x FAQ maintainer -=-=- roberto@freebsd.org >-=-=-=-=-=- Support The Free UNIX Systems ! FreeBSD Linux NetBSD -=-=-=-=-=- I beleive doing this (tar -cvfM /dev/rfd0 *) will create a big tar file named "M". Try: tar -M -L 1440 -cvf /dev/fd0 * (or some compfortable combonation) -L <N> Change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes. -M Create/list/extract multi-volume archive. -- Charles Green, PRC Inc. UN*X System Administration 22 Powell Ave. Apt. B UN*X Security & Whitesboro, NY 13492 Programming