[geeks] Linux tape backup help

[Phil Stracchino]

der Mouse wrote:
>>> (You say "tar", but there are many variants of tar, with disparate
>>> capabilities.)
>> I am using the Ubuntu Linux (likely Debian related) variant in this
>> case.  I don't know how much that'll mean to you if you use something
>> different.
> 
> I don't use Linux myself, so I don't actually know that much about it.
> But I would tend to assume their tar is some version of the GNU
> variant.

Linux uses gnu tar, yes.  But ...  have you considered using, say,
Bacula instead of growing your own solution from scratch?  All of these
problems have already been solved for you.


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