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Old 09-30-2002
hostdump.sh

Hello,

I am trying to backup a unix box that has about 50 gb of data on it. I have an external tape drive that is a tecmar 4mm drive that only holds one tape, 8gb compressed. I am trying to use a script called hostdump.sh. It seems to be a good script, except that when I try to do a 0 level backup and span multiple tapes it does not like it. The problems seems to occur when the dump is complete. Any ideas or anybody run accross this type of scenerio.

Is there any other script or free utility that might be better?

Thanks-

Bill
# 2  
Old 09-30-2002
tar certainly can spam multiple tape volumns. cpio can span multiple tape volumes, I think. Might be a good idea to check the man pages for both on your system.


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TAR(1) TAR(1)

NAME
tar - The GNU version of the tar archiving utility

SYNOPSIS
tar [ - ] A --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d
--diff --compare | r --append | t --list | u --update | x
-extract --get [ --atime-preserve ] [ -b, --block-size N ]
[ -B, --read-full-blocks ] [ -C, --directory DIR ] [
--checkpoint ] [ -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F ] [ --force-
local ] [ -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F ] [
-G, --incremental ] [ -g, --listed-incremental F ] [ -h,
--dereference ] [ -i, --ignore-zeros ] [ --ignore-failed-
read ] [ -k, --keep-old-files ] [ -K, --starting-file F ]
[ -l, --one-file-system ] [ -L, --tape-length N ] [ -m,
--modification-time ] [ -M, --multi-volume ] [ -N,
--after-date DATE, --newer DATE ] [ -o, --old-archive,
--portability ] [ -O, --to-stdout ] [ -p, --same-permis-
sions, --preserve-permissions ] [ -P, --absolute-paths ] [
--preserve ] [ -R, --record-number ] [ --remove-files
] [ -s, --same-order, --preserve-order ] [ --same-owner ]
[ -S, --sparse ] [ -T, --files-from F ] [ --null ] [
--totals ] [ -v, --verbose ] [ -V, --label NAME ] [
--version ] [ -w, --interactive, --confirmation ] [ -W,
--verify ] [ --exclude FILE ] [ -X, --exclude-from FILE
] [ -y, --bzip2, --bunzip2 ] [ -Z, --compress, --uncom- ......


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