10-20-2011
multi tape option in tar cmd
Dear experts,
I have to take back up of 1.8TB data in single cmd. I have tape which has the capasity of 600 GB. Hence i want to use multiple tapes to take the backup using tar cmd.
Kindly help.
-Anand
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trace-cmd-options
TRACE-CMD-OPTIONS(1) TRACE-CMD-OPTIONS(1)
NAME
trace-cmd-options - list available options from trace-cmd plugins
SYNOPSIS
trace-cmd options
DESCRIPTION
The trace-cmd(1) options command will examine all the trace-cmd plugins that are used by trace-cmd report(1) and list them.
SEE ALSO
trace-cmd(1), trace-cmd-record(1), trace-cmd-start(1), trace-cmd-stop(1), trace-cmd-extract(1), trace-cmd-reset(1), trace-cmd-split(1),
trace-cmd-list(1), trace-cmd-listen(1)
AUTHOR
Written by Steven Rostedt, <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
RESOURCES
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/trace-cmd.git
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
NOTES
1. rostedt@goodmis.org
mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
06/11/2014 TRACE-CMD-OPTIONS(1)