thomson@zazen.macc.wisc.edu (Don Thomson) (04/09/91)
I've been backing up directories from a DECstation running Ultrix to another
DECstation that has an 8mm Exabyte tape drive on it, using a command like:
tar cf - dir_name | rsh remote_machine "dd ibs=10240 obs=10240 of=/dev/rmt0h"
This usually works pretty well, but every now and then on reading the tape
(with a "tar t") I get a message that the tar is continued on a second tape
even though it was only written to one:
tar: File dir_name is continued on archive 2
tar: Please load archive 2 on /dev/rmt0h & press RETURN
Is there some magic character sequence indicating a second volume that I might
be matching coincidentally in one of the files I'm backing up? Chances of that
seem pretty slim. Any ideas?
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