Tape dumping programs for Unix/Linux...

From: Raymond Moyers <rmoyers_at_nop.org>
Date: Thu May 2 11:25:19 2002

> At 02:01 AM 5/2/2002 -0700, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>I can use dd to slurp
>stuff off of tape, but it's tedious. What tools are people using for
>tape archiving under Linux or Solaris? AIX seems to come with "tcopy"
>that essentially pulls everything off the tape until logical or physical
>EOT. I'm looking for something similar - point it at the drive and
>siphon it on down.

 Whats wrong with cat ?

 use the /dev/nst0 device, its the one that dont rewind
 ( use mt commands for that kind of stuff )

 cat /dev/nst0 > file1.tap
 cat /dev/nst0 > file2.tap

 and so on

 I see most are using dd when cat is all they need

 dd was originally, and still is an ebcdic <> ascii
 conversion tool that will do reblocking
 and is still the tool to use if you want to
 count xx blocks of size xx, use offsets etc

 but for pulling off of tape or writing a floppy
 image to a floppy all you need is cat

 cat /dev/scd0 > /files/cdromimage.iso
 presto an iso that you can mount
 on the loop device or burn to another cd
 get the picture ?
Received on Thu May 02 2002 - 11:25:19 BST