You need to specify the "no rewind" device... /dev/nst0 You will need to seek to the end of the tape before writing new data to the tape. Look at the "st" and "mt" man pages. I don't know any way to know how much free space is on a tape; it's complicated due to compression since you don't really care how much tape is left, but how much data will fit on that tape.... which depends on how well the data will compress. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of ammad shah Sent: Thu 9/11/2008 4:23 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: tape Dear all, i am trying to backup on tape drive (lto3), but when i save it , it always overwrite on previous files. even though i am writing every time a new file. #tar -cvf /dev/st0 backup-01-09.tar.gz #tar -tvf /dev/st0 backup-01-09.tar.gz #tar -czvf /dev/st0 backup-02-09.tar.gz #tar -tvf /dev/st0 backup-02-09.tar.gz Why ? and how do i know space left on tape drive before backup. i am using single cartridge IBM LTO 3 tape drive. thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008-- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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