Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!cme!tarnoff From: tarnoff@cme.nist.gov (Nicholas Tarnoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: appending to tape archives Keywords: 1/4" mag tapes, appending Message-ID: <3781@marvin.cme.nist.gov> Date: 11 Apr 90 13:28:43 GMT References: <127@cutmcvax.OZ> Reply-To: tarnoff@cme.nist.gov (Nicholas Tarnoff) Distribution: usa, australia Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology Lines: 28 I tried to email this message but it bounced. ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 421 Host cutmcvax.oz not found for mailer ether. 550 ... Host unknown I do incremental backups automatically from cron. You should: mt rewind mt feom #Forward space to end of recorded data. #This allows adding new partitions to #already partially written tape. bru -c -vf /dev/nrtape -s <###M such as 150M> I also use -BR and -n options. See the man page for bru. Good luck. -Nicholas -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Nicholas Tarnoff (Robot Systems Division) USMAIL:National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly NBS) Bldg. 220 / Rm B127 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 TELE: (301) 975-3464 ARPA: tarnoff@cme.nist.gov FAX: (301) 990-9688 UUCP: uunet!cme-durer!tarnoff --------------------------------------------------------------------