Re: backup compress on the fly

From: Alvin Oga (aoga_at_mail.Linux-Consulting.com)
Date: 09/30/05

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To: Joe Mc Cool <joe@benburb.demon.co.uk>

    On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Joe Mc Cool wrote:

    > my ancient, but reliable, backup script is essentially:
    >
    > find /my_dir | cpio -ov > /dev/st0

    find /my_dir \( -type f -o -type l \) | tar zcvf /dev/st0 -T -

            - grep out stuff you don't want before tar
     
    > I also need to know how to restore.

    cd /
    tar zxvfp /dev/st0

    c ya
    alvin 

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