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Re: multiple tape backup?



On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 11:25:56AM +0800, pahud@pahud.net wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I am planing to backup the /home directory which is around 30GB in size
> with multiple DDS3 tape--each has 12GB. Is there any tool for easier
> multiple tape backup like this? I can switch the tape myself.

tar has support for multi volume archives, with the -M option.  See the
tar manpage/infopage/doco for more info, such as how to run a custom
script at each volume change.

- Chris


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