[ale] tar & DLT

[Joe]

tslane at attbi.com writes:

> 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?

Try tarring to /dev/nrst0 instead of /dev/st0. The rewind behavior is
encoded in the device special file, believe it or not. Who the heck
thought that was a good idea? :-p

Cheers,

-- Joe Knapka
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