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Old 01-26-2009
Copy data from tape in unix
Dear sir/madam

Could you tell me how to copy or get data from tape to any folder in unix?

Thanks,
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Old 01-26-2009
Do you know how the data was saved to tape? tar? cpio? ???
Btw why do you place this thread into Shell Scripting subforum? Smilie
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Old 01-29-2009
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Originally Posted by zaxxon
Do you know how the data was saved to tape? tar? cpio? ???
Btw why do you place this thread into Shell Scripting subforum? Smilie
Yes we use tar unix command to backup data to tape.Now I found the solution for this problem.I used the below command:

tar -xvf /dev/rmt0 filenames

Thanks,Smilie
 
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