On Thursday 30 April 2009, adam bultman said something like:
> Speaking of backups, does anybody know a useful backup solution for
> linux that will put things on tape?
>
> I know of Amanda (which I'm not really a fan of) and Bacula (which
> I've just installed, and need to configure if it's not a pain) but if
> there are other backup to tape programs you know of that are easy and
> free, I'd love to know about them...
tar is the original file to tape software. :)
tar -c -f /dev/st0 *
Not very friendly, and doesn't keep track of which files are on the
tape, but it does work.
j
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