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Subject: tape archive software
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From: bartont@next2.msci.memst.edu (Tom Barton)
Date: 9 May 91 16:39:04 -0600
Organization: Mathematical Sciences, Memphis State University
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Hi. I have a Release 2.0 cube with an attached Exabyte 8200 to which I'd like
to be able to do unattended incremental backup (from that and other machines
on a lan). My hope for "tar -rf /dev/rxt0 ..." faded after the GNU tar
documentation explained that, with tar, most cartridge tape systems are unable
to support adding to an existing archive. I'm told that even under messy-dos
there exist drivers for the EX-8200 which support this. Does anyone know of
other tape archive software for my application? Please reply by email to save
bandwidth.  I'll post a summary of replies if it seems warranted. Thanks.

Tom Barton
bartont@next2.msci.memst.edu