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| author | David E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-03 15:40:03 +0000 |
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| committer | David E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-03 15:40:03 +0000 |
| commit | d517b4194adc03e36e9d3ffbc35b122001b87550 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ff75b4673be86cca875a546fc0ac4ba07dde17a /handbook | |
| parent | b634ad3507b1d1c4c43623322601640e800f26b3 (diff) | |
| download | doc-d517b4194adc03e36e9d3ffbc35b122001b87550.tar.gz doc-d517b4194adc03e36e9d3ffbc35b122001b87550.zip | |
We claimed tar(1) does not support remote devices. This is not the case for
GNU tar.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=2024
Diffstat (limited to 'handbook')
| -rw-r--r-- | handbook/hw.sgml | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/handbook/hw.sgml b/handbook/hw.sgml index bbadc0d51a..dc368da47f 100644 --- a/handbook/hw.sgml +++ b/handbook/hw.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.66 1997-03-21 17:02:44 wosch Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.67 1997-10-03 15:40:03 obrien Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- @@ -1166,8 +1166,13 @@ that are available from <tt>cpio(1)</tt>, but <tt>tar(1)</tt> does not require the unusual command pipeline that <tt>cpio(1)</tt> uses. - <p><tt>tar(1)</tt> does not support backups across the -network. You can use a pipeline and <tt>rsh(1)</tt> to send the + <p>Most versions of <tt>tar(1)</tt> do not support backups across the +network. The GNU version of <tt>tar(1)</tt>, which FreeBSD utilizes, supports +remote devices using the same syntax as <tt>rdump</tt>. To <tt>tar(1)</tt> +to an Exabyte tape drive connected to a Sun called komodo, use: +<tt>/usr/bin/tar cf komodo:/dev/nrst8 . 2>&1</tt>. +For versions without remote device support, you can use a pipeline +and <tt>rsh(1)</tt> to send the data to a remote tape drive. (XXX add an example command) <sect3><heading> Cpio</heading> |