Re: [gentoo-user] Getting at archives on tapes

[Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

On 2/5/06, Brett I. Holcomb <brettholcomb@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I have a scsi tape library and a backup program that creates datasets of tar
> files on the tapes.  I gather each dataset is a tar file.  I would like to be
> able to access each of these tar files.  At this point I can tar
> -tvf /dev/tape0 and see the file that contains the tape label.  But I can't
> get beyond that.  I've tried skipping to the next file, records, set mark
> using mt with no luck.

mt is the correct command, but you need to make sure you are using a
no-rewind tape device (ntape or nst0).  Otherwise you will end up
seeking to the next file, closing the file descriptor, which causes
the driver to rewind the tape.

-Richard

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