On Mon, 19 Aug 96 16:33 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > tar generates a single Tape ARchive (that's why it is called `tar') > and knows nothing about multiple files or positioning of a tape, it > just reads or writes from/to a device. mt knows everyting about moving > the tape back and forth, but nothing about reading the data off the > tape. As you might have guessed, tar and mt in conjunction, does the
Just one question... Does taper implicitly call 'mt'? Thanks in advance.