Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: aad@stepstone.com (Anthony A. Datri) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: 1/4 inch cartridge tape drives & tar Message-ID: <2737@stpstn.UUCP> Date: 31 Jan 89 16:44:08 GMT References: <8901171309.AA27933@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT Lines: 4 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: 22 Jan 89 22:32:53 GMT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 129, message 8 of 10 You can't append *to files*, like with "tar r", but you certainly can put multiple files on the same tape, using the nrst* non-rewinding device. Anthony A. Datri @SysAdmin(Stepstone Corporation) aad@stepstone.com stpstn!aad