Because on older tape drives (DDS, DLT, ...) one EOF means End of File; two consecutive EOF marks with nothing between means End of Data.
On all modern drives only one EOF is necessary. On 05/06/2017 04:49 PM, Dan Langille wrote: >> On Apr 18, 2017, at 4:45 AM, Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com> wrote: >> >> 3. Mount each tape one at a time, and with mt rewind the tape and write >> two EOF marks. > Why two EOF marks? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
