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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems     Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview/Tasks)

2.  Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)

3.  Managing Devices (Tasks)

4.  Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)

5.  Managing USB Devices (Tasks)

6.  Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

7.  Managing Disks (Overview)

8.  Managing Disk Use (Tasks)

9.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

10.  SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

11.  x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

12.  Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets (Tasks)

13.  The format Utility (Reference)

14.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

15.  Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)

16.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

17.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

18.  UFS File System (Reference)

19.  Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview/Tasks)

20.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

21.  Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)

Commands for Copying File Systems

Copying Directories Between File Systems (cpio Command)

How to Copy Directories Between File Systems (cpio)

Copying Files and File Systems to Tape

Copying Files to Tape (tar Command)

How to Copy Files to a Tape (tar)

How to List the Files on a Tape (tar)

How to Retrieve Files From a Tape (tar)

Copying Files to a Tape With the pax Command

How to Copy Files to a Tape (pax)

Copying Files to Tape With the cpio Command

How to Copy All Files in a Directory to a Tape (cpio)

How to List the Files on a Tape (cpio)

How to Retrieve All Files From a Tape (cpio)

How to Retrieve Specific Files From a Tape (cpio)

Copying Files to a Remote Tape Device

How to Copy Files to a Remote Tape Device (tar and dd)

How to Extract Files From a Remote Tape Device

22.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

23.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

Index

Copying Files to a Tape With the pax Command

How to Copy Files to a Tape (pax)

  1. Change to the directory that contains the files you want to copy.
  2. Insert a write-enabled tape into the tape drive.
  3. Copy the files to tape.
    $ pax -w -f /dev/rmt/n filenames
    -w

    Enables the write mode.

    -f /dev/rmt/n

    Identifies the tape drive.

    filenames

    Indicates the files and directories that you want to copy. Separate multiple files with spaces.

    For more information, see pax(1).

  4. Verify that the files have been copied to tape.
    $ pax -f /dev/rmt/n
  5. Remove the tape from the drive. Write the names of the files on the tape label.

Example 21-5 Copying Files to a Tape (pax)

The following example shows how to use the pax command to copy all the files in the current directory.

$ pax -w -f /dev/rmt/0 .
$ pax -f /dev/rmt/0
filea fileb filec