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From: hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: tar vs wbak
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Date: 12 Jan 90 20:25:00 GMT
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Like David Krowitz says, tar can be used with /dev/rct8 or /dev/rct12 (auto
rewind vs. not auto rewind)...  except, in my experience, it rewinds the tape
afterwards using either device.  I have even checked it out:

% /etc/edmtdesc /dev/rct12 -l
Volume information:
    dev     (device type)                   ct
    u       (tape unit #)                   0
    lab     (labeled)                       no
    reo     (reopen previously used volume) yes
    clv     (close volume on file-close)    yes
    spos    (save position on volume-close) yes

File information:
    f       (file sequence #)               current
    rf      (record format)                 F  (fixed length)
    bl      (block length)                  512
    rl      (record length)                 512
    ascnl   (ascii newline handling)        no

Has anyone managed to write multiple tar files on a single cartridge?

- Harald.Hanche-Olsen@imf.unit.no