Red Hat

Hello All,

The frecover command on HP UX gives information about the backed up file in the format-

Magic Field:
Machine Identification:
System Identification:HP-UX
Release Identification:B.11.11
Node Identification:
User Identification:
Record Size:
Time:
Media Use:0
Volume Number:1
Checkpoint Frequency:256
Fast Search Mark Frequency:200
Index Size:
Backup Identification Tag:
Language:

This is when backup is taken with fbackup.

Now in linux, we take the backup by using tar command and generate a .gz backup file.

Is there any way I can generate a similar backup file information in linux ?


Thanks and Regards,
Shamik.

No,

tar is just a UNIX command for creating tape archives. You are not creating a system back up. You are creating a directory structure in a file, and then zipping it. What you have is a set of directories and files in an archive, nothing more. If you want more than that, perhaps look into using a more robust system like AMANDA or Bakula.