[lug] Tape Drives

[j davis]

>BRU looks nice.  But GNU tar is _very_ reliable and Free as in Freedom.
>
>The invocation to use would be something like:
>
>   tar -cvf /dev/st0  /etc/ /var/www /home /var/spool/mail
>
>where you'd substitute "/dev/st0" for your particular device.  After
>creating an archive on the tape, run:
>
>   tar -tvf /dev/st0
>
>to get a list of the contents.


Why do you suggest tar instead of dump/restore?
and is ther a easy way to do incremental backups
using tar?

Thanks,
jd


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