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Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:32:22 -0500
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
To:        Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>, Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        Richard JT Strutt <rstrutt@uk.mdis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Writing to Tape.
Message-ID:  <19991103163222.16052@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911031428361.14965-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>; from Steve Hovey on Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 02:29:10PM -0500
References:  <19991103185943.B1108@marder-1> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911031428361.14965-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>

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On Wednesday,  3 November 1999 at 14:29:10 -0500, Steve Hovey wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 02:19:31PM -0000, Richard JT Strutt wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> 	I have a general UNIX question.  I'm trying to back up a load of different
>>> backup files to a tape.  I want to keep them seperate, i.e. not just in one
>>> large archive.  However, after each write, the tape insists on rewinding.
>>> How is this prevented?
>>>
>>
>> Use the no-rewind device, e.g. nrst0 instead of rst0
>
> Wouldnt uucp or something see an end of archive and not look past the
> first dump on a restore?  (just asking out of curiosity sake)

I'm sure you don't mean uucp (a primitive network protocol).  What do
you mean?

If you want to restore from the second or subsequent file, you first
need to position the tape.  mt(1) is your friend.

Greg
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