From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 3 9: 9:56 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 DA964155F4 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:09:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com) Message-ID: <19991103120835.25272@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:08:35 -0500 From: Greg Lehey To: Richard JT Strutt , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Writing to Tape. Reply-To: Greg Lehey References: <000201bf2606$721a03b0$3c777298@rstruttpc1.uk.mdis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <000201bf2606$721a03b0$3c777298@rstruttpc1.uk.mdis.com>; from Richard JT Strutt on Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 02:19:31PM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- 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