> If 'm going about this all wrong then please stop me. I need to back up
> to tape, dont really care how, but there's nothing in the howtos,
> nothing in the help, and I have no idea what I'm doing. Can someone help
> me out?
I am using the following script for backing up all files under /mnt/backup
(hard disk containing online data backup). For multiple directories
(recursive) do "find dir1 dir2 dir3" before the pipe. The rewinds are
probably not necessary just result of being paranoid. If you've put the
software eject jumper to on, you could replace the last line by "mt rewoffl"
to eject the cartridge after the backup. (I have not done so yet as I only
found out about the jumper AFTER I installed the drive.)
Good luck!
Dave.
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#!/bin/zsh
mt rewind
/usr/bin/find /mnt/backup | /bin/cpio -o -H crc > /dev/tape
mt rewind
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David Zverina
Alt Key Pty. Ltd.
http://www.altkey.com
PO Box 3121, Parramatta, 2124, Australia
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