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From: debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Efficient tape I/O with 386/ix; How??
Keywords: streaming tape interactive slow
Message-ID: <8513@alice.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 88 01:45:40 GMT
References: <317@focsys.UUCP>
Reply-To: debra@alice.UUCP ()
Organization: AT&T, Bell Labs
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In article <317@focsys.UUCP> larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson) writes:
]Streaming tape I/O with 386/ix seems to be rather slow.  The drive
]is not streaming very well.  It spends most of it's time stopping
]and starting.  I'm using an Everex Excel 60 with a long controller
]card. 
]
]The command I've used is
]	find . -print | cpio -ovc >/dev/rmt0
]
A solution which also works for other applications is to use "cat":

	find . -print | cpio -ovc | cat | cat > /dev/rmt0

Hope this helps.

Paul.
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