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Hello Jasen - 

RJT>>> It all depends on what software is driving it. If you
RJT>>> start out by seeking to the end of what's written (I've
RJT>>> already forgotten how you'd do that since it's been 3-4
RJT>>> years since I was playing with that), then there isn't
RJT>>> any problem. 

CA>> The EOF marker is part of the _filesytem_ on the media. No
CA>> filesystem, no EOF marker. ;-) 

JB> tar archives have an EOF block as part of the file by
JB> reading the tar using the non-rewinding tape device the
JB> head will be left at the start of the next empty block. (
JB> eg tar -lf /dev/nrft2 ) 

JB> Then you can write a secoond tar archive after the first.
JB> it's covered in the tape-howto and the kernel
JB> documentation/devices file 

Makes sense. They would have to do _something_ or would be
limited to one file per tape. :-) 

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