On 06/06/2011, at 6:25 PM, Rick Phillips wrote: > Please excuse my use of HTML formatting - it's the only way I could fit > the script as written.
Same problem, so I attached it instead. > I, probably like most, have only ever used tar for uncompressing files > but have never actually used it with tape drives. As you've figured out, like a file, a tape is just a big sequence of bytes. > We have a brand spanking new top of the range Dell server with 1.6Tb of > disc drive and an Utrium 5 tape drive capable of holding 3Tb compressed > (1.5Tb native). Nice :) I've attached a rewritten, but logically similar script you can try...or not :) DISCLAIMER: it is untried - I don't have a tape-equipped Linux system to test on! I like scripting and your approach is a fairly common and relaxed way to run a backup. Not needing to do "hot" backups of MySQL is a luxury! Anyway, have a look at the script and feel free to contact me with any questions, or hit the list up for feedback. For the scripting gurus on the list, yes, I know there are many short-hand notations I can use to streamline things, but I wanted to keep it mostly readable while providing some portability/extensibility to the script. Cheers, James
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