Re: [PLUG] Backup to CD-RW

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Gregson Helledy wrote:

> Regarding the discussion here several days ago about
> backups, here's what one guy did (newbie perspective):
>
> http://www.doingfreedom.com/gen/0203/backup.html
>  

I'm curious why the author doesn't use -z to gzip the tar...maybe that 
can't be done with a streaming backup?

'The script I currently use consists of a single line: "tar -c -v -f - 
/root /etc /home/lnf | cdbackup -d /dev/scd0 -r 0,0,0 -s 4 -v -l 640 -m".'




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