cpio command

Linux Set the Block Size for a SCSI Tape Device

by on January 9, 2008 · 3 comments

Q. I’ve Debian Linux 4.0 Install on HP Server. This server has SCSI tape device. According to my tape documentation size should be 64k. How can I set the block size for a HP SCSI tape device?

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Solaris UNIX Tape Backup And Recovery With tar And cpio Commands

by on April 22, 2007 · 1 comment

We have recently brought a new Sun Solaris UNIX server. How do I Backup data and make a recovery for the Solaris OS using tar and tape device?

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How do I use cpio command under Linux?

by on April 3, 2006 · 7 comments

Q. Can you explain how do I use cpio under Linux / UNIX? A. GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats as well as reading and writing tar files. cpio command works just like tar, only better. [...]

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