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Old 05-20-2005
how to tar to multiple tapes

how to tar to multiple tapes
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Old 05-20-2005
In general, tar will prompt for a new tape to be loaded if the first one fills - see your man page for tar (look for the -e option which mentions not splitting files across volumes).
 
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