Use of the tar command (in classic unix systems of course (^; )

28 Feb 2002

Ok, Here's what I am doing for backup to DC tape drive..
~500 mb per tape:

tar -cvf /dev/st0 -L 500000 /root /etc (... mention many directories)

is this correct for backup or do I need any other flags?

How do I do an incremental?

(This is assuming that I am using a "Classic" system running
unix...)

How do I recover a file?

Thanks.