The tar command can also backup over multiple floppy disks:Click here to view code image
matthew@seymour:~$ sudo tar czvMf /dev/fd0 /home
This backs up the contents of /home and spreads out the file over multiple
floppies, and you are prompted with this message:Click here to view code image
Prepare volume #2 for '/dev/fd0' and hit return:
Restoring Files from an Archive with tar
The xp option with tar restores the files from a backup and preserves the
file attributes, as well, and tar creates any subdirectories it needs. Be careful
when using this option because the backups might have been created with
either relative or absolute paths. You should use the tvf option with tar to
list the files in the archive before extracting them so that you know where
they will be placed.
For example, to restore a tar archive compressed with bzip2, use the
following:
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matthew@seymour:~$ sudo tar xjvf ubuntutest.tar.bz2
To list the contents of a tar archive compressed with bzip2, use this:
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matthew@seymour:~$ sudo tar tjvf ubuntutest.tar.bz2
tar: Record size = 8 blocks
drwxr-xr-x matthew/matthew 0 2013-07-08 14:58 other/-rwxr-xr-x matthew/matthew 1856 2013-04-29 14:37 other/matthew
helmke
public.asc-rwxr-xr-x matthew/matthew 170 2013-05-28 18:11 backup.sh-rwxr-xr-x matthew/matthew 1593 2013-10-11 10:38 backup methodNote that because the pathnames do not start with a backslash, they are
relative pathnames and will install in your current working directory. If they
were absolute pathnames, they would install exactly where the paths state.