tr@ctt.bellcore.com (tom reingold) (02/11/89)
How can I write a file that won't fit on a tape? I don't want to use dump. I want to be prompted to change tapes in the drive when the tapes run out of space. Tom Reingold |INTERNET: tr@bellcore.bellcore.com Bell Communications Research |UUCP: bellcore!tr 444 Hoes La room 1H217 |PHONE: (201) 829-4622 [work], Piscataway, NJ 08854 | (201) 287-2345 [home]
kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu (02/12/89)
There was a program posted to comp.sources.misc or comp.sources.unix a while
back called "bundle" that will help you.
Your program writes to stdout, which you pipe to bundle, and it writes to the
tape, keeping track of when to stop and prompt for a new one (kind of the way
dump handles it).
Patrick Wolfe System Manager, Kuck & Associates, Inc.
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(217) 356-2288 pat%kai.com@uiucuxc.arpajik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (02/12/89)
In article <13976@bellcore.bellcore.com> tr@ctt.bellcore.com (tom reingold) writes: >How can I write a file that won't fit on a tape? I don't want to use >dump. I want to be prompted to change tapes in the drive when the >tapes run out of space. Well, one solution would be to use the POSIX Pax utility to do the writing of the file to the tape, because pax automatically handles multiple volumes and prompts for the next volume when each volume fills up. The sources were posted in comp.sources.unix recently, so they are probably available from uunet. Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 410 Memorial Drive, No. 223F jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Cambridge, MA 02139-4318 Office: 617-253-4261 Home: 617-225-8218
jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) (02/13/89)
In article <13976@bellcore.bellcore.com> tr@ctt.bellcore.com (tom reingold) writes: >How can I write a file that won't fit on a tape? I don't want to use >dump. I want to be prompted to change tapes in the drive when the >tapes run out of space. It would help if you stated what kind of system you are using, and what utility. JB -- Jonathan Bayer Beware: The light at the end of the Intelligent Software Products, Inc. tunnel may be an oncoming dragon 19 Virginia Ave. ...uunet!ispi!jbayer Rockville Centre, NY 11570 (516) 766-2867 jbayer@ispi.UUCP
davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) (02/15/89)
In article <13976@bellcore.bellcore.com> tr@ctt.bellcore.com (tom reingold) writes: | How can I write a file that won't fit on a tape? I don't want to use | dump. I want to be prompted to change tapes in the drive when the | tapes run out of space. I wrote a program called 'bundle' which was posted on either unix or misc sources about a year ago. It does buffering and handles out of space on the output media. It includes an input package 'unbundle' to read multiple media and send their contents to stdout, which you then pipe into your restore program. Drop me a line if you can't find the archive... -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me