> Hey folks, > > I'm reading up on gtar for tape archiving and it sounds kind of nasty and > not something I really want to rely on. > > It looks like star from the schily tools is preferred. I'm using Centos > (and RHEL) 5.7 which seems to have star but not sdd. > > Which leads me to believe that the Schily tools are maybe a bit "rogue" > > My basic requirement with what I'm doing is to use standard tools and > formats so that archives I write today can be readable in 10 years. > > Is the use of Schily tools going to be contrary to my basic requirement? > Is that considered a risk for future readability? Use star like so : star -c -p -acl -sparse -dump -fs=32m -fifostats -time \ -C /some_dir dir1 dir2 dir3 file=/dev/rmt/0mbn or something like that will work like a charm and be POSIX spec compliant. That means you can still read it in 20 years .. if the tape survives. dc -- -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x1D936C72FA35B44B +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Dennis Clarke | Solaris and Linux and Open Source | | dclarke at blastwave.org | Respect for open standards. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+