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I get ``No valid KBackup header''

If KBACKUP cannot find a valid header on your backup medium, although you have written an archive to it using KBACKUP , than there is (hopefully) only one possible reason for this: you are using a tape device that rewinds after closing a file. KBACKUP requires you to specify a device that does not rewind on close. These devices often carry an ``n'' in their name. If you try using a device with rewind-on-close feature, KBACKUP will overwrite its header with the   directory and afterwards overwrite the directory with the actual archive, instead of writing the files one after another.

In version [IMAGE ], I have introduced an option to check a tape device for compatibility with KBACKUP and also autodetect the proper device file.   



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KBackup development
Wed Mar 27 23:01:46 GMT+0100 1996