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From: frank@martha.utcc.utk.edu (frank segner (phrank))
Subject: Re: gnu tar multi-volume with floppies
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 12:26:23 GMT
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dsilvia@blunt.net.com (Dave Silvia) writes:
: I've succeeded in creating multi-volume tar floppies, but the extraction only
: reads the first floppy. Here's the scenario:
:
: tar -L 1440 -cvMzf /dev/rfd1a <dir>
: This works just fine and prompts for the next volume. But on the extract:
: tar -M -xvzf /dev/rfd1a /dev/rfd1a
: the first volume gets to the end and emits:
: tar: Skipping to next file header ...
:
: Then lands me back at the command line prompt. I even tried '+multi-volume'
: with no success. I originally added the -L 1440 to the create since I noticed
..
try:
agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial/from-ref/public/diskback
so long,
frank
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