Hi Mr Kaushal,
> >
> > As per our conversation, i am sending you the screen shot of the
steps
> > followed by me.
> >
> > [root@spica tartest]# tar -cvf /dev/nst0 folderA
> > folderA/
> > folderA/t1
> > folderA/t2
> > [root@spica tartest]# tar -tvf /dev/nst0
> > [root@spica tartest]# tar -tvf /dev/nst0
> > tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error
> > tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > [root@spica tartest]# mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> > [root@spica tartest]# tar -tvf /dev/nst0
> > drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2005-04-01 15:54:53 folderA/
> > -rw-r--r-- root/root         7 2005-04-01 15:54:48 folderA/t1
> > -rw-r--r-- root/root        10 2005-04-01 15:54:55 folderA/t2
> > [root@spica tartest]# mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> > [root@spica tartest]# tar -rvf /dev/nst0 folderB
> > folderB/
> > folderB/t3
> > folderB/t4
> > [root@spica tartest]# mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> > [root@spica tartest]# tar -tvf /dev/nst0
> > drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2005-04-01 15:54:53 folderA/
> > -rw-r--r-- root/root         7 2005-04-01 15:54:48 folderA/t1
> > -rw-r--r-- root/root        10 2005-04-01 15:54:55 folderA/t2
> > [root@spica tartest]#
> >
> >
> > As you can see, in the end when i do tar -tvf /dev/nst0, only the
contents
> > of folder A
> > are displayed and that of folderB are not displayed. This does not
meet
> our
> > requirement.
> > We want the contents of both the folders.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pooja SIngh.
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Regards,

Kaushal Shriyan
Technical Engineer
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