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From: bostic@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Has tar r ever worked?  For anybody?
Message-ID: <22121@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 9 Dec 87 17:17:33 GMT
References: <1344@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
Lines: 22
Keywords: tar
Summary: This isn't exactly sufficient information...

In article <1344@saturn.ucsc.edu>, haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU.ucsc.edu (99700000) writes:
> Under 4.3BSD, has anybody ever been able to add files to an existing
> tar tape with tar r?  When we try it the tape goes around and it 
> appears to be doing something, but then when we tar t the files are
> not there.

Script started on Wed Dec  9 09:05:18 1987
$ tar cf /dev/rmt8 /etc/motd /etc/group
$ tar tf /dev/rmt8
/etc/motd
/etc/group
$ tar rf /dev/rmt8 /etc/passwd
$ tar tf /dev/rmt8
/etc/motd
/etc/group
/etc/passwd
$ 
script done on Wed Dec  9 09:05:57 1987

In answer to your question, yes, "tar r" has been used under
4.3BSD.

--keith