Hello Alecks folk! It depends, what /dev/tapedriver is linked to. If it is /dev/st0 then the tape is rewound after each operation, i.e. rewrutten. If it is /dev/nst0 then the tape remains at the point where last operation finished. HTH, -K. On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Hello Linux folkz, I have a stupid tar question. When I do: tar cvf /dev/tapedriver /file1 /file2 (NOT 'tar cuvf' !) Will be previously stored files on the tape overwritten or the new files will be added to the end of previous archive on the tape? How I can blank the tape with the tar command? Thanks in advance. Alex
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