[Gllug] Sony AIT Tape

[Alistair Mann]

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Thus spaketh Simon Faulkner on Tuesday 17 June 2003 1:15 pm:
> I have just fitted a Sony AIT 2 internal streamer to my server and
>
> tar -c /usr/ > /dev/st0
>
> seems to send data to the tape and
>
> tar -xvf < dev/st0 get's it back :-)
>
> Is there any better way to backup 

Backup with compression? tar option 'j' or 'z' for bzip2 or gzip.
Restore original permissions? tar option 'p'

Cheers,
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Alistair
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