Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Backing up Sun Directories

Timestamp:

04/05/06 15:11:16 (20 years ago)

Author:

cdelarcuz

Comment:

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Backing up Sun Directories

@@ -12 +12 @@
           See 'man mt'. and example 4) below.**
 
- 1) 
+(1) 
 {{{
 > cd /home/my_directory
@@ -23 +23 @@
                                          in the current directory)
 }}}
- 2) > cd /
+(2) 
+{{{
+> cd /
     > tar cvf /dev/rmt/0  usr  home       (will put directories usr and home
                                          and all subdirectories of usr and home on the 
@@ -29 +31 @@
     > cd /tmp
     > tar xvf /dev/rmt/0        home            (will extract directory home and all its 
-                                         subdirectories to the current directory)
+}}}                                      subdirectories to the current directory)
 
-3)  Not a good idea to make a tar file from data begining with '/', for instance:
-        tar cvf /dev/rmt/0  /home/carmen/wilds  
+(3) Not a good idea to make a tar file from data begining with '/', for instance:
+{{{     
+tar cvf /dev/rmt/0  /home/carmen/wilds  
     If you try to restore this, you will get permission denied errors.
     Instead, do:
-        cd /home/carmen/wilds
-        tar cvf /dev/rmt/0 .
-
-4)  To add data to a backup tape without overwriting its current contents:
-
+cd /home/carmen/wilds
+tar cvf /dev/rmt/0 .
+}}}
+(4)  To add data to a backup tape without overwriting its current contents:
+{{{
         > mt -f /dev/rmt/0n eom         (will space out past the EOF mark)
         > tar cvf /dev/rmt/0hn  . > /tmp/newbackup.log &
@@ -58 +61 @@
  to retrieve a file from a 'dump' tape later on.  The ufsrestore command is 
  convenient to use, see manual pages.
+}}}
 {{{        
 #! /bin/csh