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- From: jja@fnbc.com (Joseph Alotta)
- Subject: i need help with tar and tapes drives.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.164404.20112@fnbc.com>
- Keywords: tar,gnutar,tapes
- Sender: news@fnbc.com
- Organization: First National Bank Of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 16:44:04 GMT
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- i am trying to tar backup files to tape.
-
- i can:
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- tar cvf /dev/rst0 /data/*
- tar tvf /dev/rst0
- tar xvf /devrst0 filenames.
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- without much problem.
-
- but since my tape is not filled up, i'd like to append new files to
- the end of it.
-
- i tried "tar rvf /dev/rst0" but it didn't work. seems the r option
- is unsupported on my machine.
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- i ftp'd gnutar and tried "gnutar -Avf /dev/rst0" but that didn't work.
- i got cannot backspace error.
-
- people say i should use "mt -f /dev/nrst0 -fsf 99" to get to the end of
- thetape and then "tar cvf /dev/nrst0 *", but i don't like having to
- remember what segments i've used on the tape and what is in each segment.
-
- can anyone help me to get gnutar to append?
-
- btw, i am using a archive dat tape and a nextstation 3.0.
-
- thanks in advance,
-
- joe.
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