Hi, > Is it supposed to be: > > tar -jcf - * | \ > growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=/dev/stdin
Well, if /dev/stdin works then it's ok, of course. > Also, does this put the backed up files into an ISO9660 file system on > the DVD? No. That's plain data stream writing. Like with a tape. For getting an ISO filesystem with a tar file in it you would have to put an ISO hull around the data stream in a pipe (hardly possible without predicting the size) or you would have to put it on hard disk and let growisofs use its builtin pipe to mkisofs: growisofs -Z /dev/hdc my_tar_archive.tgz Note that there is no '=' after /dev/hdc. The argument my_tar_archive.tgz goes to mkisofs which generates an ISO image into a pipe that gets read by growisofs and written to media. Paul Serice's backup system "shunt" comes to my mind. It produces tar archives and packs them into an on-the-fly generated ISO system. http://www.serice.net/shunt/ (It talks of growisofs as of about year 2004.) > does not need the kernel's packet writing enabled Yes. That is one of the advantages. It works out of the box if you have rw-access to /dev/hdc (in general: the block device ruling your drive). Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
