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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to put several files on 1 tape
Message-ID: <8232@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 9 Jul 88 05:01:19 GMT
References: <755@leah.Albany.Edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) )
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <755@leah.Albany.Edu> rds95@leah.Albany.Edu (Robert Seals) writes:
>I want to put several files on a tape, each separated with file marks.

Use the non-rewinding minor device for all but the last file.
E.g.	dd if=file1 of=/dev/rmt12 bs=2k
	dd if=file2 of=/dev/rmt12 bs=2k
...	dd if=fileN of=/dev/rmt8 bs=2k
The exact names for the device depend on your system.