Hi Torsten! > I use: tar cvf /dev/st0 . TH>I regulary create backups of my whole system using tar on SCSI tapes. What about symbolic links if the link is restored before the file it is pointing to? Is this handled correctly? MbG, Ekkehard --- OS/2 Merlin - mchtig magisch! -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .