On 30 Jun 2006 at 14:41, Robin Mordasiewicz wrote: > This is not specifically related to bacula, but I am wondering how to go > about tarring a directory/filesystem onto a tape, and then ship the tape > to someone else who has a similar lto drive, and then they can copy the > data directly off the lto tape. > > This would kind of acheive the same thing as using a hard drive to copy > the data and ship it off, but I need to be able to do it with lto tape ?
Assuming you both have tar etc, and that your tape drive is /dev/sa0: tar -cf /dev/sa0 /path/to/files/backedup To extract: tar -xf /dev/sa0 (files will be dropped into your current working directory complete with the pathname specified above). -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
