Tape Drive Backup Script

everytape.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# A simple shell script to backup dirs to tape drive.
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# Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project
# Copyright (c) 2016 Theodore Seán Tubbs
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
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# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
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MT=/bin/mt
TAR=/bin/tar
LOGGER=/usr/bin/logger
# What to backup.
SOURCE_DIRS="everyone"
# Where to backup to.
TAPE="/dev/tape/by-path/pci-0001:11:04.0-scsi-0:0:4:0"
# log message
$LOGGER "Backing $SOURCE_DIRS to $TAPE @ $(date)"
# Rewind the tape
$MT -f $TAPE rewind
# Backup the files
cd /home/adrian/tape-stuff/
$TAR -cvpWlf $TAPE $SOURCE_DIRS
# Rewind and eject the tape
$MT -f $TAPE eject
# log message
$LOGGER "Backup finished @ $(date)"