[CLUE-Tech] tape backups

[Mike Staver]

So, if the tape already had data on it, it would automagically just
overwrite it?

Ed Hill wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 14:33, Mike Staver wrote:
> > Oh, one quick last question - say my tape has no filesystem currently on
> > it and is completely blank... how would I format it?
> 
> Theres no need to format a tape--programs like tar and cpio write the
> file metadata onto the tape along with the actual file data.
> 
> Ed
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