On Thursday 06 February 2003 5:13 am, Paul Uiterlinden wrote:
On Thursday 06 February 2003 01:56, John LeMay wrote:
That being said, there is no reason you can't simply use tar or any other backup application to handle what you need to do. In fact, I'm sure there are probably better applications out there today. Something with a backup database perhaps. As much as BRU and tar do the job, it does take about an hour to restore a file here. The time is required because BRU has to search through the tape session looking for the file.
Have you ever looked at `dds2tar'? It is included in SuSE and it allows you to restore a single file from tape by using the fast seek command of DAT tape drives. It works great for me (HP35470A DDS-1 drive); I don't know wheter it'll work for you (DDS-4).
Paul.
In order to use QFA (quick file access) of a DDS drive, someone has to know the 'location' of the file on tape. Where does dds2tar get this info? -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 02/06/03 09:05 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Take from me the hope that I can change the future and you will send me mad." - Israel Zangwill