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From: jmr@motown.UUCP (John M. Ritter)
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Subject: Re: Tar utility for multiple tapes
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 09:03:49 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 09:03:49 1985
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From postnews Fri Dec  6 09:01:09 1985

> Does anyone have a tar utility that allows to write on several tapes?
> The standard tar does not test the end of tape.

> 			--R.Appel

I have seen tar commands with a k option in the key that allows you to specify
the the size of the archive volume in kilobytes. Tar can then write several
volumes, and can even split a file into "extents" across several volumes.


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