Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn 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. Lines: 8 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.