On 2/5/06, Brett I. Holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a scsi tape library and a backup program that creates datasets of tar > files on the tapes. I gather each dataset is a tar file. I would like to be > able to access each of these tar files. At this point I can tar > -tvf /dev/tape0 and see the file that contains the tape label. But I can't > get beyond that. I've tried skipping to the next file, records, set mark > using mt with no luck.
mt is the correct command, but you need to make sure you are using a no-rewind tape device (ntape or nst0). Otherwise you will end up seeking to the next file, closing the file descriptor, which causes the driver to rewind the tape. -Richard -- [email protected] mailing list
