Hey thanks, now I get it!

I'll play with it for awhile and see how it works out!

Thanks for everyone's input on the matter.  The path is much clearer....

jam
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manuel Bouyer" <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
To: "John Maier" <jmaier@midamerica.net>
Cc: "Frederick Bruckman" <fb@enteract.com>; <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Tape Backups -- tar vs. dump


> On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 02:57:13PM -0600, John Maier wrote:
> > So each subsequent dump will append to the tape?
> 
> Yes, if you use /dev/nrst0. Unlike /dev/rst0, this one doesn't
> rewind the tape between a close and the subsequent open.
> 
> --
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
> --
>