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Writing a file mark to tape...

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rvstout

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After tarring or copying a file to tape, how would I write
a file mark to the tape? (Just to insure that the system
knows where the eof is).
 
I've never known anyone to need to do this. The tape drive handles writing EOF/EOT markers on its own.
 
thanks for the response...
 
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