Ali Bendriss wrote: > Hello, > > You should use tar with some compression option to send the data to the tape > rather than gzip : > > Blabla | tar (some good option) > some good option could be : > -L, --tape-length N > change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes > -z, --gzip, --ungzip > filter the archive through gzip > > -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F > run script at end of each tape (implies -M) > First, thanks for your reply. But there is two problems with this:
First, I can't get it to work at all: cat /etc/apt/sources.list|tar -cf test.tar tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. Second, what I originally tried to do, is what backuppc does by default. It is, after all, backuppc I'm trying to get working with compression to tape. And if I'm not mistaken, BackupPC_tarCreate does indeed create an tar archive. But thanks :) -Stian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
