WipeOut wrote:
Hi,
Just need confirmation and possibly input if I have missed something..
I am backing up my data on my Linux system to a DAT tape drive using
tar..
The command I have used is "tar --totals -cvf /dev/st0 /home"..
Is this correct? and will it restore the correct permissions of the
files if I restore from this backup?
Thanks..
The command should work well.
If you need compression change it to
for gzip "tar --totals -czvf /dev/st0 /home"
or for bzip2 "tar --totals -cjvf /dev/st0 /home"
you also can guarantee the preservation of permissions by this
"tar --totals -czpvf /dev/st0 /home"
Although with my experience, the "p" is usually not needed.
Man tar for more information.
