[ale] tar & DLT

[tslane at attbi.com]

is there a tar or mt switch to prevent a DLT from rewinding after an operation?

I have a backup script which does a 

tar cvf /dev/sto ${some_path} 

once a week when the tape is changed and pvf the other six.

the problem is that is takes progressively longer with each append operation as
the week progresses which I assume is because the tape is rewinding.

is there an easy way to prevent this?
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