Re: [Bug-tar] Possible tar bug

[bocek . pavel]

So I went two steps back (due to my mistake :-)), initialied two last tapes and 
appended all F* files again, then all G* files but the 14GB one. Then I tried 
it, it run to the end of tape and again ended with off_t out of range error.

It probably continues with the bad archive format. I'll try to backup 
everything but this file and add start with it in next archive made from ground 
up.

> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Předmět: Re: [Bug-tar] Possible tar bug
> Datum: 06.1.2011 19:09:26
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> On 01/06/2011 09:51 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > I am a bit lost with the initialization,
>
> That sort of thing tends to be drive-specific, but
> something like this might do it:
>
> mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind
> tar cf /dev/rst0 /dev/null
> mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind
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