On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:39:49 -0400 Brad Noyes <maitre@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: BN> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:39:48PM -0400, doug waud wrote: BN> > Brad Noyes wrote: BN> > > BN> > > 512 byte chucks. BN> > BN> > How do you get the byte size of a chuck? BN> just a guess. For some reason 512 bytes stuck in my head as a block BN> size so i tried it and it worked. BN> BN> i did some more looking and i found some info on how tar handles BN> things http://www.gnu.org/manual/tar/html_node/tar_130.html BN> BN> And this site give some good information on block sizes and tapes, BN> under the"BLOCK SIZES" section BN> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/part2/section-1.html BN> BN> also in mt's man page, there is an option to set the block size BN> (setblk), which only works for scsi tapes. BN> BN> > BN> > For example, if we pipe Homic and/or Anderson to chucksize BN> > what would the output be? BN> > BN> i don't understand what your asking here. re-read what you said, then take a look at the man page. what you're referring to was BLOCK size, but you said "chuck".... <g> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you. -- ESR * TAG! v3.0 *