[CLUG] tar to tape on another machine

[Garret Flynn]

Peter Flynn wrote:
> What's the syntax for tarring stuff onto a tape on another machine?
> I just installed an old SCSI DAT on my desktop, which works fine,
> but I'd like to back up my laptop onto it? man tar is no help, but
> I did this once before (many moons ago), something like
> 
> tar cvf host.domain.foo:/dev/st0 .
> 
> but I can't remember the incantation (that one doesn't work :-)

isn't that 
[snip from man]
       -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F
              use archive file or device F (default /dev/rmt0)
[/snip]
or of course you could just do the lazy man's method and nfs mount the
laptop ;)

-garret