Peter Chubb wrote:
>
> >>>>> "George" == George Vieira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> George> Hi all,
> George> If my backups ran on a file system level (eg. below), is there a way to tell
> George> the `mt` command to forward to xxx possition which is the beginning of a
> George> certain backup.??
>
> George> cd /
> George> find ./ -mount -depth -print | cpio -ocvB -O /dev/nst0
> George> cd /usr/local
> George> find ./ -mount -depth -print | cpio -ocvB -O /dev/nst0
> George> cd /home
> George> find ./ -mount -depth -print | cpio -ocvB -O /dev/nst0
>
> George> How do I got about rewinding and telling `mt` to go to say /home backup? Is
> George> it possible?
>
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 2
>
> Each time you close the /dev/nst0 device you finish and create a new
> file.
>
> mt rewind goes to the start
> mt fsf n skips over n end-of-file markers.
>
> Peter C
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FYI
Suggest you use/try apio, more stable than cpio.
cheers
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