Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcvax!inria!imag!barel From: barel@imag.UUCP (Max BAREL) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: ICM3216: appending on tapes. Message-ID: <1857@imag.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 06:34:52 EDT Article-I.D.: imag.1857 Posted: Thu Jul 16 06:34:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 07:52:01 EDT Reply-To: barel@imag.UUCP (Max BAREL) Distribution: world Organization: IMAG, University of Grenoble, France Lines: 23 I try many times to append on a tape. In this way i use the device "/dev/[r]mt/0n" wich must invoque the driver with the "no rewind on close" option. SO: -Successives writes (from the begining of the media) works fine if no other operation on the tape occurs between them. - successive read works but often need two retry between each iteration. BUT: To append on an already written tape one need: -rewind it. -forward skip files already there (with "mt fsf x", or reading them). -then write the new file. This don't work (error: can't write output. etc...). I try many sequences without success. If someone could help... -- ------------------------- Max Barel barel@imag.UUCP