Some help with tar

[Chris St. Pierre]

You'll want to use the -F flag.  For instance:

tar -c -F 'mtx -f /dev/changer next' -f /dev/tape

-F takes a command as its argument; that command is run when
end-of-tape is reached.  Note that with -F, you *cannot* use
compression.  If you want to use compression, you should instead put
your tape library in stacker mode and let it change the tapes
automatically.

Chris St. Pierre
Unix Systems Administrator
Nebraska Wesleyan University

On Sat, 6 May 2006, Bliss, Aaron wrote:

>Does anyone know the proper syntax to pass to tar to tell him to start
>using the second tape drive when the first tape is full?  I have 2
>locally attached tape drives (/dev/nst0 and nst1) ; Any ideas?  Thanks.
>
>Aaron
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