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Taper22 visual tape archive program (beta release)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Jul 1 06:57:58 1995
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 12:34:58 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
X-Mn-Key: announce
From: Yusuf Nagree <yusuf@nagree.dungeon.com>
Subject: Taper22 visual tape archive program (beta release)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Keywords: tape, backup, visual, beta, archive
Organization: ?
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.development.apps
This is to announce the release of a new version of taper, the visual
tape archive program (beta release) for Linux. It is basically a bug-fix
version.
This program overcomes the limitations of tar/cpio by providing a friendly
user interface, similar to the Norton Commander style. Files are
easily selected and backup/restorations started with one key.
Compression using gzip is supported.
A directory of files is stored at the beginning of the tape so that one
can easily see what files are on the tape without having to traverse the
whole tape.
Files can be added to an archive/tape until the tape is full.
Program is available at sunsite.unc.edu and has been uploaded into
/pub/Linux/Incoming, though hopefully should be moved soon to
/pub/Linux/system/Backup. Filename taper22.tar.gz.
For utilising tapes, ftape or similiar is required. SCSI tapes may be
supported directly from the kernel.
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