[ale] tar & DLT

[chriscoleman at mail.clayton.edu (Chris Coleman)]

Not sure about actual Linux devices, but under other OSes the device has a rewind name and a non-rewind device name. Using the non-rewind device should keep the drive from rewinding.
 
Chris Coleman

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	From: tslane at attbi.com [mailto:tslane at attbi.com] 
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	Subject: [ale] tar & DLT
	
	

	is there a tar or mt switch to prevent a DLT from rewinding after an operation?
	
	I have a backup script which does a
	
	tar cvf /dev/sto ${some_path}
	
	once a week when the tape is changed and pvf the other six.
	
	the problem is that is takes progressively longer with each append operation as
	the week progresses which I assume is because the tape is rewinding.
	
	is there an easy way to prevent this?
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