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Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:08:35 -0500
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
To:        Richard JT Strutt <rstrutt@uk.mdis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Writing to Tape.
Message-ID:  <19991103120835.25272@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <000201bf2606$721a03b0$3c777298@rstruttpc1.uk.mdis.com>; from Richard JT Strutt on Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 02:19:31PM -0000
References:  <000201bf2606$721a03b0$3c777298@rstruttpc1.uk.mdis.com>

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On Wednesday,  3 November 1999 at 14:19:31 -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.  

Well, depending on the size of the files, you can waste a lot of space
by making them separate.  You can always extract individual files from
an archive without copying the whole archive to disk.

> However, after each write, the tape insists on rewinding.  How is
> this prevented?

Use the non-rewinding file (for example, /dev/nrsa0 instead of
/dev/rsa0).

Greg
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