Thank you for your input. I'm going to try them now. Betsie -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:51 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Lin_tape and IBMtapeutil
>>> On 6/23/2009 at 11:51 AM, "Spann, Elizebeth (Betsie)" <bsp...@visa.com> wrote: -snip- > IBMtapeutil -f /dev/IBMtape0 rewind > tar cvf /dev/IBMtape0 /directory1 > tar cvf /dev/IBMtape0 /directory2 You're telling the tar command to create a new archive each time. I suspect that tar is issuing a rewind command under the covers to accommodate you. I think for your second and later commands, you should be appending to the existing archive, not creating a new one. MacK's suggestion to list all the directories you want on a single command is a good one, but if you then decide later on you want to add more to the tape, then you will probably wipe out what you already have if you do a "create" again. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
