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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!cdc2.cdc.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!tubsibr!malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de!not-for-mail From: mb@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de (Martin Butkus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Making a multi-volume backup to /dev/fd0 using tar Date: 20 May 1996 21:33:45 +0200 Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4nqhep$lfe@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de> References: <DrpIsx.y7@ecf.toronto.edu> <4nq2e0$a6n@sidhe.hsc.fr> Reply-To: M.Butkus@tu-bs.de NNTP-Posting-Host: rzrtr1.rz.tu-bs.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Originator: y0001415@ws.rz.tu-bs.de Ollivier Robert (roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) wrote: : [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email] : In article <DrpIsx.y7@ecf.toronto.edu>, : Frank Ficnar <ficnar@ecf.toronto.edu> wrote: : > Is it possible to make a multi-volume backup to diskette using tar? : Just use the multi-volume flag: : tar -cvfM /dev/rfd0 * Nope, use tar -cvMf /dev/rfd0 * instead. -- Martin Butkus >>> Live long and prosper. <<< Phone/Fax: +49.5331.298710 Am Stadtwege 10, 38304 Wolfenbuettel, Germany M.Butkus@tu-bs.de