On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 09:38:49AM -0500, fredjame wrote:
> Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 11 May 2004 at 8:24am, fredjame wrote
> >
> >>for testing:  how do I read write to a scsi tape outside of amanda?
> >>(Linux OS)
> >>   
> >>
> >You don't want to write to amanda tapes outside of amanda.  To read, see 
> >the instructions in docs/RESTORE and/or 'man mt'.
> > 
> >
> Why I would want to write/read outside of Amanda:  To eliminate 
> variables in a testing phase.

 *  cat file > tape_device
 *  dd if=file of=tape_device
 *  tar ....
 *  dump ...
 *  cpio ...
 *  pax ...

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