"John R. Jackson" wrote:
>
> >/usr/local/bin/tar -cvf - /home | rsh linux-host dd of=/dev/nst0
> >
> >(you may want to specify '-b blocksize' to the tar command... and
> > 'bs=blocksize' to the dd)
>
> The only problem with using dd like this is that dd does not do output
> reblocking. It take
>/usr/local/bin/tar -cvf - /home | rsh linux-host dd of=/dev/nst0
>
>(you may want to specify '-b blocksize' to the tar command... and
> 'bs=blocksize' to the dd)
The only problem with using dd like this is that dd does not do output
reblocking. It takes whatever record size comes in (i.e. the
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:08:59 -0600
>From: Paul Brannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: GNU tar syntax (or How does amanda do that?)
>
[snip]
> Yet when I try to do this at the command line I get
> tar complaints. Am I using the wrong syntax?
>
>Amanda some how uses GNU tar to archive
>files on a Solaris 2.6 host to a remote tape device that is
>attached to a Linux (7.0) host.
>
>Yet when I try to do this at the command line I get
>tar complaints. Am I using the wrong syntax?
Yes.
Amanda doesn't do things the way you're thinking. It
Some times I would like to just use GNU tar at
the command line for a quick archive to
a tape device on a remote host.
My Amanda system seems to do this very well.
Amanda some how uses GNU tar to archive
files on a Solaris 2.6 host to a remote tape device that is
attached to a Linux (7.0) host.
Y
