If you have experience of backing up using tar on Unix then you can do the same with cygwin. Tape positioning with "mt" on the no-rewind editions of the tape device (e.g. /dev/nst0).
My backup script looks like #!/usr/bin/sh mt -f /dev/nst0 status echo "Archive T: starting at `date`" cd /dost tar cf /dev/nst0 * mt -f /dev/nst0 tell sleep 30 echo "Archive D: starting at `date`" cd /cygdrive/d tar cf /dev/nst0 * mt -f /dev/nst0 tell sleep 30 echo "Archive finished at `date`" mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoffl The sleeps may not be necessary but I have had problems in the pass with streaming tapes when I haven't include them. Hope that helps Don Sharp "Craveiro, Marco" wrote: > > Huh, before I starting getting flamed, may I just add that there is plenty > of documentation about ssh and cron on the mailing list, I just made the > mistake of using google instead of searching the mailing list directly. > Apologies. > > I am still searching for docs on backing up, so if you got info on that > please let me know. > > Thanks! > > marco > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craveiro, Marco > Sent: 26 April 2002 09:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cygrunsrv and backups > > Hello cygwiners! > > First many thanks for a great product, its getting greater with each > release. Contrary to some people on this list I have had no problems with > it. in fact, I have just finished installing it on a production server (nt > 4.0) and two workstations (w2k and XP) without any problems whatsoever; > setup.exe is brilliant. Also, huge thanks for the person that put in the > script that configures TeX, I was just about to start reading the howto's > :-)) > > Now, for my problem: I need to start backing up data using cygwin. I did a > search on the web but there are no obvious docs about it. Can someone point > me to: > > - docs (or posts) talking about setting up cron and ssh as a service, or > describing cygrunsrv with different services. I have found a brilliant howto > for > Inetd, is there something like that for these other services? > - docs (or posts) talking about backing up data using cygwin: how do you > rewind the tape, Append data, etc. > > If none or some of it is not possible please let me know. > > Thanks for your time! > > Marco > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
