It's one of those Unix things. It goes with the beard and the bad-fitting trousers held up by suspenders.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hemant K Chitale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:21 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Backup DB files to the Tape > > > Stephen, > > The para. about "pax" vis-a-vis "tar" versus "cpio" was interesting ! > I never knew that -- though the names do make sense now ! > Hemant > > At 06:39 AM 18-12-02 -0800, you wrote: > > >I will add a vote for cpio. I have found it to be so > reliable that I used > >cpio, instead of a dump utility, to back up Unix boxes. It > never failed. > >In the past, I found that tar had filename length limitation that was > >shorter than what the OS permitted (80 characters iirc -- > that's filename, > >not path). This happened when I worked in a development > environment that > >used Rogue Wave tools. During software builds, files would > be generated > >with ridiculously long names, and tar could not handle > these. Time has > >passed since the days I had to backup Unix servers, but iirc > cpio could > >correctly handle all types of special files (devices, etc.), > and tar could > >not (as I said, iirc). > > > >If you are just experimenting, there is another utility > called pax, which is > >latin for peace, the idea being that it will bring peace to > the Tar Wars > >where tar2d2 is always fighting c3pio. I get the impression > that neither > >group was willing to abandon its favorite utility and adopt > pax, so the > >fight goes on. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > Well for this you can use cpio command in Unix for copying > > > files to Tape. > > > > > > Another option is using ufsdump commnand . > > > > > > > We have UnixWare 7.1 and I want to take backup of > > > > Database files (Physical files) to my tape. > > > > > > > > I did use tar command: > > > > > > > > tar c8v1 /home/oradata > > > > > > > > It's working properly but the problem is: > > > > > > > > tar can't handle large files(larger than 2GB). > > > > The total size of the DB files under /home/oradata > > > > more than 2GB. > > > > > > > > So the result I'll get some of those files not all. > > > > > > > > Could any body in the list give me the alternative > > > > command of tar that can handle backup of large files > > > > or any other solution... > > > > > > > > because I want to schedule this process. > > > > > > > > Your help will be appreciated. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > ashraf salaymeh > > > > System Analyst(OCP Certified DBA) > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! 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