Comparing the tape backup with source mountpoint.

[Rahul Pednekar]

Dear All

I'm taking backup on tape using tar command. After taking backup I want to compare the contents and the size of the backup with the source mount point. please tell me the command for the same and any additional procedures. Secondly can I check the size of the backup on tape in mega bytes? Please help

Thanks in advance

Rahul...........

[RAC_1 · Accepted solution]

There is no direct command that will do that.

You can do tar listing and compare it.

tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m
ll /mount_point and compare.

[Peter Godron]

Rahul,
tar -tvf would give you the list of files in the tar archive. You could then run a script that searches for each filename on your mount point. The size of the archived is also returned by tar -tvf.

[Rahul Pednekar]

thanx