Author: swissarmychainsaw

Cygwin, mt and tar to the rescue

Backup, Cygwin, LTO5, Tar

I have to try it but it looks like  running Cygwin on windows should provide the free open source way for me to use Tar to back up to LTO5 tape

http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/Quantum-LTO-4-tape-drive-and-Cygwin-1-7-td54235.html

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20832880/Restore-Unix-Tar-Tape-in-Windows.html

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-tape-backup-with-mt-and-tar-command-howto/

https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-08/msg00340.html

https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-10/msg00527.html