DUnix tar command

From: Mohan Mahajan <MMAHAJAN_at_anand.nddb.ernet.in>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:50:41 +0530

Hello DUnix Managers,

We take the backup with the following tar command on DAT.

tar rvf /dev/rmt0h a b c

Here a, b, and c indicates file names.
When tar backup is finished for file a and b has just started,
someone has interrupted it by killing the tar process. My problem is,
the end of file mark for file b is not written on the DAT. When I
execute following command on the same DAT:

tar tvf /dev/rmt0h

It shows file a and b on the DAT and gives the message that enter
the next volume. This may be mainly because, end of file mark for
last file ( b ) has not written on the DAT. Same way, I used to take
backup on different UNIX flavor, I have never faced such problem.
Anybody knows, what could be the reason. Is there a patch required
for DUnix tar command. Can any body provide some clue, suggestion on
this.

Thanking you in advance. I will summarize.

Mohan Mahajan
Email : mmahajan_at_anand.nddb.ernet.in
Received on Thu Jun 20 1996 - 06:30:47 NZST

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