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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Is tar r supposed to work?
Message-ID: <1757@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 90 21:33:42 GMT
Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center
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Hardware: M/120, with Q-120 cartridge tape

Trying to save files onto the end of a tar archive results in the following
error:

	% tar cf /dev/rmt/ctape0 file
	% tar rf /dev/rmt/ctape0 file
	tar: tape backspace error: I/O error

Can this be made to work?  (Yes, I know about the caveat in the tar(1) man
page(s); I'm asking if there is a workaround...)

Paul DuBois
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