Çäðàâñòâóéòå, Alex. Âû ïèñàëè 8 èþíÿ 2006 ã., 17:18:59:
> Nick wrote: >>The tape is new and empty and I don't know what way is more likely for >>me may be You can give me Your advice what way I should choose for >>copy my information daily? >> >> > (You should copy freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org on your replies). > It depends. If you are just writing some small subset of files from a > filesystem (e.g. your home directory) then tar would do. > If you want to back up your machine, and the tape drive is big enough, > then use dump. > Both have good manual pages. > Confusingly, FreeBSD has two versions of "tar" and which one is the > default "tar" has changed recently. For simple stuff, they will be > compatible with each other. > bsdtar : bsd derived version of tar which in theory will know about > filesystem flags, but if you don't use them then it won't matter. Also > seems to mess up if the archive you write is compressed but happens to > be empty (might be fixed by now). > gtar or gnu tar : GNU GPL version of tar. This is the tar you get on > Linux, for example. Won't know anything about specific FreeBSD > filesystem things like flags. > Other options include cpio (a bit like tar) or specialist backup > software like bacula which you'll find in the ports. I can't comment > either since I've never used them. > You're still very vague about what you want to do; with more specific > information better advice might be possible. E.g. "I want to backup up > my home directory and email files every day"; or "I have four 80Gb disks > which I need to back up to a 40Gb compressing tape drive, what should I > use?". > --Alex thanks for help Alex I found the best way for me to write info to the tape. Can You answered on the last question How can I see free size on the tape or size what I filled? -- Ñ óâàæåíèåì, Nick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
