From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 3 13:36:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mojave.sitaranetworks.com (mojave.sitaranetworks.com [199.103.141.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02D5614CE0 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 13:36:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com) Message-ID: <19991103163222.16052@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:32:22 -0500 From: Greg Lehey To: Steve Hovey , Mark Ovens Cc: Richard JT Strutt , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Writing to Tape. Reply-To: Greg Lehey References: <19991103185943.B1108@marder-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from Steve Hovey on Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 02:29:10PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message