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From: mark@elsie.UUCP (Mark J. Miller)
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Subject: tar hack -- multiple tapes
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 15:55:48 EST
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Has anybody written a hack (enhancement?) to tar that will allow for
multiple tapes. That is, if tar runs out of tape while writting,
rather than just exiting, it rewinds and asks for a new volume to be
mounted, continuing where it left off (or rather rewritting the file it was
coping when it ran out of tape). This would seem to be a very useful
feature, especially when using tar as a backup for specific directories.

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