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From: news@brian386.UUCP (Wm. Brian McCane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Everex Tape Archival
Keywords: EVEREX TAR
Message-ID: <436@brian386.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 89 03:40:11 GMT
Organization: Harmon Elec, Inc  KCMO
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I assume this question has long since been run into the proverbial
ground, but I just ran into the problem.  I have been archiving
comp.sources.unix, comp.sources.misc, alt.sources, and
comp.sources.games, plus all sorts of patches ofr everything.  Anyway, I
tried to archive v17 of comp.sources.unix, using

	tar cvf /dev/mt/rmt4 unix.src/v17

And it worked perfect.  Notice, I used rmt4, this was so I could then
follow it up with v06 of games.  Anyway, I archived the games next, and
then got nervous (I tend towards nervousness in unfriendly environments ;-).

When I tried to check the first file, it worked fine with.

	tar tvf /dev/mt/rmt4

But when I did this command again, it would not give an index for the
games sources.  WHY!!!

(John , can you help on this one??)

	brian

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Wm. Brian McCane                    | Life is full of doors that won't open
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