Using tar to run backups onto a tape device using cygwin

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Oct 18 09:13, srikant veeraraghavan wrote:
> Also,
> I have tried using these...
> tar -cf /dev/tape1 /cygdrive/c/StratfordData/30GB_Dataset/
> tar -cf /TAPE0 /cygdrive/c/StratfordData/30GB_Dataset/
> 
> Not sure which one is right as all of them do not report any errors!

Sure they don't.  The tar -cf command created files with these names.
Have a look into / and /dev and you'll see.


Corinna

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