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From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Using tar with the 'r' option
Keywords: tar append
Message-ID: <1989Jun5.102944.12991@ateng.ateng.com>
Date: 5 Jun 89 14:29:44 GMT
References: <186@usource.uucp>
Distribution: usa
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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According to frankb@usource.UUCP (Frank Bicknell):
>I have used the 'r' option for tar to append additional archives
>on floppy devices.  [...]
>On other (non-SCO) xenix and unix systems, I have also been able
>to tack things on the end of file archives.  [...]
>I can't seem to get SCO tar to do this right.

I got it to work by specifying a blocksize of one:

	tar rvfb archive.tar 1 addfile1 addfile2

Of course, it *is* slow, but it works...
-- 
Chip Salzenberg             <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
A T Engineering             Me?  Speak for my company?  Surely you jest!
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