HP LTO Ultrium 5 tape drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide (March 2010)

2. Change directory to root:
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% cd /
3. Back up /stand/vmunix to tape:
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% tar cvf /dev/rmt/c4t3d0BESTnb ./stand/vmunix
Note the prefix of ‘.’ to the filename.
4. Change to the temporary directory:
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% cd /tmp
5. Extract the file from the tape:
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% tar xvf /dev/rmt/c4t3d0BESTnb
6. Compare the original with the restored version:
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% cmp /stand/vmunix /tmp/stand/vmunix
Note that the original filename is not prefixed with ‘.’.
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