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In article <3k8t2p$egr@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
    tjrc1@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk (Tim Cutts) wrote ...

> I use a Sankyo CP150 SCSI QIC150 drive in my PC.  I use GNU tar to
> backup my HPFS and FAT partitions.  I also use GNU tar for Unix to
> back up my Unix partitions.  A very flexible solution, although not
> too hot on the ease-of-use front, though I suppose the invocation:
> 
> tape erase
> tape rewind
> tar cv2 d:\*.*

Be careful, that last tar command will not back up the hidden files in
the root directory of d:.  If you want to back up all of drive D: and
preserve all of the file attributes, it's best to use the command:

    tar --all-files --all-times cv2 d:/

(assuming that "2" is your tape device number).

Niel
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Dr C Niel Kempson
Snowy Owl Systems Limited
E-mail: kempson@snowyowl.com (Internet)