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Please help... with DDS5 backup tape..

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by lucantik

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Please help... with DDS5 backup tape..
i want to backup file or append file to tape using tar command but when i run the script there's nothing error. But when I tar (-t) there's no files have been append. The question is..
can't DDS5 using tar -r command? any advices?? please answer ASAP.. please... very please..

thanks
luchan

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by nico baggus

look into the mt command, use the
non rewinding tape device and use the
mt fsf 1

(forward skip file x times to get to the end of a tar.)
or the next...

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