ken wrote:

> The "tar" command isn't good to use for cloning, or even most backups.
> It skips so-called "hidden" files, those whose filenames begin with a
> period.
> 

Tar works just fine as long as you use it correctly. It has no problems with 
.files

Instead of

#tar -cvf /dev/st0 *
use
#tar -cvf /dev/st0 .

Regards
Mark
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