> This does astonish me even more. > To get an end-of-tape usable with tar
How does that end-of-tape marker look? Some fixed string? > There are projects like Paul Serice's shunt > http://www.serice.net/shunt/ > or my own one > http://scdbackup.webframe.org > (In the most simple case one just needs a filter > program which stops writing before an overflow > occurs, asks for the next media and starts a new > run of growisofs. Isn't this simple case already handled by the two programs you mentioned? If not, it needs to. Not creating dozens of GB of temp data is a significant time saving. Even more so if the programs you suggest also handle checksumming. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
