On Wednesday April 30 2003 10:56 am, Gregor Ibic wrote:
> why is amrecover so slow, it seems that reads the entire backup,
> not only the requested file(s).
> using TAR

A tape is not a random access device so it must first be wound forward to the 
position of the tar file and then tar has to read the archive until it 
reaches the file that need to be restored.  If you file is near the end of 
the tape is can certainly seem like it is reading the entire tape.

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