If your computer doesn't have a tape drive connected, creating tar ( 20.1 ) backup files is slightly more complicated. If you have an account on a machine with a tape drive, and the directory is mounted via NFS ( 1.33 ) , you can just rlogin ( 1.33 ) to the other machine and use tar to back up your directory.
If the directory is not NFS mounted, or it is mounted but you have permission problems accessing your own files, you can use tar , rsh ( 1.33 ) , and dd ( 35.6 ) to solve this dilemma. The syntax is confusing, but if you forget, you can use man tar ( 50.1 ) to refresh your memory. The command to dump the current directory to a tape in a remote machine called zephyrus is:
%tar cvfb - 20 . | rsh zephyrus dd of=/dev/rmt0 obs=20b
Here, the output file of
tar
is
-
(
13.13
)
, which
tar
interprets as standard input if
tar
is reading an archive or standard output if
tar
is creating an archive.
The dd command copies data from standard input to the device /dev/rmt0 . Article 20.6 explains more about how this works.
This example assumes you can use
rsh
without requiring a password.
You can add your current machine's name to the remote
.rhosts
file (
1.33
)
if you get a
Password:
prompt when you use
rlogin
to access this machine.
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