HI, Looking to see if there is an easier (faster) way to append new files to the end of an existing tape archive. I'm trying to squeeze as many files onto a tape as possible without going over and splitting files across multiple tapes.
Currently, I'm using: tar -b 256 -rvf /dev/st0 /file/path/0
While this works, it takes forever to save the 5ish files I'm attempting to put on the tape since it has to read the entire tape to find the end of the data before writing.
I want to avoid multiple file markers so that if I ever have to pull/restore any files from the tape, I don't have to remember to move through various file markers.
Is there a way to utilize the fsf & bsf commands to move to the end of the data, but just before the eof mark, write new data without erasing the existing data?