> Now all you need is a good script which will do a full dump and then put > incrementals after it on the same tape, right? Of course! I'm sending you > my perl backup script (which backs up *multiple* machines) via direct email > anyone else who's interested can have it to. My backup script has the
Well, why not? If you think it worth the effort you could also up-load it to sunsite. > following features: labels tapes with it's own special header so it won't > overwrite tapes you accidentally left in the drive, will put multiple > backups on a single tape, and can recover from "missed" backups (because you > forgot to take that other tape out of the drive), keeps a "directory" of > what backups are on the tape. You'll probably have to modify it because I > take advantage of the "mark" capability of 4mm DAT tapes which aren't > available > on QIC. You may find it useful all the same. Aren't these marks simply "file marks"? (just asking, I know that there are thos MTFSS/BSS/WSM tape operations, are these effectively different from the MTFSF/BSF/WEOF operations?) Cheers Claus -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .