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tar
Used to backup/restore files to a tape drive. Tar can be used to archive a group of files
into another file or more commonly to write/restore a group of files to a tape drive.
| Options |
Description |
| c |
create a archive (write to tape) |
| t |
display files on archive (view only) |
| x |
extract from archive (read from tape and write to disk) |
| v |
verbose - display filenames |
| z |
compress files (using gzip) |
| f |
device name or file name to write to |
| directory or file |
directory or file to use |
Note: The following examples assume the device name of your tape drive is /dev/st0.
| Command |
What it does |
| tar cvf /dev/st0 / |
backup the entire system to tape |
| tar cvzf /dev/st0 /bin |
only backup the /bin directory to tape and compress |
| tar tvf /dev/st0 |
view the contents of a tape |
| tar xvf /dev/st0 |
restore the entire contents of the tape |
| tar xvf /dev/st0 /etc/sendmail.cf |
only restore the file '/etc/sendmail.cf' from tape |
| tar xvzf /dev/st0 /bin |
restore and uncompress the directory /bin from tape |
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mt
The mt command can be used to erase, retension or to set compression mode.
Note: The following examples assume the device name of your tape drive
is /dev/st0.
| Command |
What it does |
| /usr/sbin/mt -f /dev/st0 retension |
Retension |
| /usr/sbin/mt -f /dev/st0 erase |
Erase |
| /usr/sbin/mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression |
Turn compress on |
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