Re: tar -r on tape

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=FCdiger_Hees?= <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:12:33 +0200
> 
> tar -cvf /tmp/save.tar file1
> tar -rvf /tmp/save.tar file2
> 
> tar -tvf /tmp/save.tar shows file1 and file2.
> 
> Using /dev/rmt0 instead of /tmp/save.tar the same way -tvf shows only file1.
> The tape works as if its saving (large file2). -xvf restores only file1

I think you should use /dev/nrmt0, not /dev/rmt0.  The device driver
for /dev/rmt0 rewinds the tape each time Tar closes its handle.  (The
"nr" in "nrmt0" stands for "no-rewind".)