1/4 inch cartridge tape drives & tar
Chuck Musciano
chuck at trantor.harris-atd.com
Wed Feb 1 02:23:52 AEST 1989
> is it true that there is no way to append files to a cartridge tape using
> tar? this is what the docs appear to say. please tell me it isn't so.
Say it isn't so, Joe...
> r Write the named files on the end of the tarfile. Note
> that this option does not work with quarter-inch archive
> tapes.
Not only do the docs "appear" to say this, they actually do! And they
mean it! You can't!
Chuck Musciano
Advanced Technology Department
Harris Corporation
(407) 727-6131
ARPA: chuck at trantor.harris-atd.com
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