tar process is keep running
login-Zd07PnzKK1IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
login-Zd07PnzKK1IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Tue Oct 7 02:33:07 UTC 2003
f.y.i
Problem resolved by updating the tape firmware today. Now the the
/bin/gtar -xvf /dev/st0 dir/of/backup/filename takes usual time to
restore depending on the size of filename. We get the prompt right
after the file is copied to hard drive.
Listing the tape contents does take time. I know this is usual as
the whole tape has to go through scan but restoring a file given
with its full path (i.e. dir/of/backup/filename ) should simply
"go and get it". True?
Thanks all for your input.
S. Mohammad [login-Zd07PnzKK1IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org]
Sunday, October 5, 2003, 5:51:20 PM, you wrote:
GC> Does the reading ever end? When doing a tar restore, tar will scan the
GC> entire tape looking for the file you want to restore. Because multiple
GC> copies of the same file can be on the tape tar keeps looking to make sure it
GC> has the latest one, the on it finds last.
GC> Grant Cullen
GC> JADALL Consulting Ltd.
GC> grant.cullen-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
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