Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!attctc!kcdev!gentry From: gentry@kcdev.UUCP (Art Gentry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: saving directories when they don't fit on 1 tape Summary: tar and cpio multi tape saves Keywords: multi-volume tar, archive Message-ID: <895@kcdev.UUCP> Date: 2 Oct 89 01:02:49 GMT References: <1454@mdbs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Kansas City, MO. Lines: 16 In article <1454@mdbs.UUCP>, wsmith@mdbs.UUCP (Bill Smith) writes: > Is there an automatic, reasonably portable way to save a directory and all > files beneath it on tape when it does not fit on a single piece of media > and can not easily be split at the next level down in the directory tree? At least on my Hewlett Packard and AT&T systems, both tar and cpio will do multi tape saves. They will write untill eot is detected and then prompt for another device to continue writting. If you just hit [return], they will continue writing to the same device (after you have changed the tape, of course!! :-}) -- | R. Arthur Gentry AT&T Communications Kansas City, MO 64106 | | Email: attctc!kcdev!gentry ATTMail: attmail!kc4rtm!gentry | | The UNIX BBS: 816-221-0475 The Bedroom BBS: 816-637-4183 | | $include {std_disclaimer.h} "I will make a quess" - Spock - STIV |