Re: Tar -tav takes 3 hours to complete

From: Steve Nottingham (steve_at_wakefieldrfc.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 05/02/04

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    "Alex North" <no.email@kill_the_spammers.com> wrote in message news:<c70r9p$oom$1@titan.btinternet.com>...
    > I am testing a new backup script and after completion of the backup (1.5 Gig
    > to /dev/rmt0) with no errors, I attempted to check the contents of the tar
    > file on the tape with tar -tav /dev/rmt0 the command proceeded normally but
    > took 3 hours to complete. From looking at the tape drive, it appeared that
    > it read the entire tape rather than a file catalog. Is this normal, and if
    > so is there a better way to do this?
    >
    > (AIX 4.3 on a Bull Escala Processor )

    There is no file catalogue with a tar file on tape. How much space
    would have to be reserved at the beginning of the tape ?

    Yes it is normal. Why not tar to disk and then tar the tar file to
    tape.

    Steve

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