"Craveiro, Marco" wrote:
>
> Don, i'm sorry about being such a pain but i have googled for a bit with no
> luck :-(
> on my status i dont get the remaining blocks, only the total capacity. i
> then did a status 3 which tells me that "reports remaining" is set to "no".
> so i'm assuming i have t
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> Sent: 29 April 2002 02:21
> To: gnuwin32
> Subject: Re: Cygrunsrv and backups
>
> "Craveiro, Marco" wrote:
> >
> > "Don Sharp" wrote:
> >
> > > > anyway, there's just one thing i dont un
"Craveiro, Marco" wrote:
>
> "Don Sharp" wrote:
>
> > > anyway, there's just one thing i dont understand on your script:
> > >
> > > mt -f /dev/nst0 tell
> > >
> > > why do you need this?
> > >
> >
> > One doesn't strictly need it. I use it to tell me how near to a full
> > tape I am usi
"Don Sharp" wrote:
> > anyway, there's just one thing i dont understand on your script:
> >
> > mt -f /dev/nst0 tell
> >
> > why do you need this?
> >
>
> One doesn't strictly need it. I use it to tell me how near to a full
> tape I am using so I reshuffle what goes on which tape when
gt; > Sent: 26 April 2002 06:09
> > To: gnuwin32
> > Subject: Re: Cygrunsrv and backups
> >
> > 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
> > edi
26, 2002 15:09
> To: gnuwin32
> Subject: Re: Cygrunsrv and backups
>
[Heribert] [snip]
> cd /dost
> tar cf /dev/nst0 *
>
[Heribert] [snip]
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> -Original Message-
> From: Don Sharp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 26 April 2002 06:09
> To: gnuwin32
> Subject: Re: Cygrunsrv and backups
>
> If you have experience of backing up using tar on Unix then you can do
> the same with cygwin. Tape positioning with &qu
hi all,
--Chuck wrote:
> Dunno...but you might look into rsync via ssh; both have been ported to
> cygwin and work well.
i ended up not looking into rsync because i found lots of documentation on
the web (including on the cygwin mailinglist) on how to use mt / tar. i have
compiled my findings i
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
ta
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.
actually, google does a better jo
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
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