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From: root@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US (Mark J. Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions
Subject: adding to the end of tarred Archive 60 meg tapes
Keywords: replace option
Message-ID: <479@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US>
Date: 21 May 89 22:21:51 GMT
Organization: JobSoft Design & Development, Murfreesboro, TN
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Could somebody please explain to me how I can make use of the 'r' option
of tar to replace/add on at the end of a previous tar archive on an
Archive 60 stream tape cartidge under SCO Xenix 2.3.0???  I have tried
using the '/dev/nrct0' which is designed to leave the tape sitting where
it ended instead of rewinding it as it does under /dev/rct0.  What I want
to be able to do is be able to use the 'r' option to allow me to keep
a cartridge of various and assundry things that are desireable to keep, but
not enough so to keep on the harddisk media.  For example, if I get another
source package I would like to hold onto, how can I go about sticking it onto
the end of the archive?  What options should I use, and which ones shouldn't
I use with tar?  What about block sizes?  Where does /dev/nrct0 fit in to
all this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Please email responses.  

Thank you.

Mark.

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Mark J. Bailey                                    "Ya'll com bak naw, ya hear!"
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