Re: cpio command

From: Aaron W Morris (Decep@NETSCAPE.NET)
Date: Tue Aug 27 2002 - 16:37:30 EDT


find ./ | cpio -ov > /dev/rmt0

Maybe this will work.

Greg Breuer <breuerg@MISSOURI.EDU> wrote:

>I am writing files to tape using the following:
>
>find . *.t* -cpio /dev/rmt0
>
>Is there a shorter command so I don't have to wait for the 'find'
>command to work its way through these very large files before it does
>the cpio to 8mm tape?
>
>Also, If I changed the blocksize on the tape drive to 0 from 1024,
>would I get more data on each tape?
>--
>
>Gregory S. Breuer
>GRC/MSDIS
>UM-Columbia
>mailto:breuerg@missouri.edu
>MSDIS - http://msdis.missouri.edu/
> * * *
>The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury.
>Due north of the center we find the South End.
>This is not to be confused with South Boston
>which lies directly east from the South End. North
>of the South End is East Boston and southwest
>of East Boston is the North End.
>

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-Aaron W Morris
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