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Re: SAVxxx SEQNBR(11) bombs if #11 already on tape???

EXCELLENT point Neil ! :-) We started using that years back to eliminate that
reinitializing deal and found it to be a much better way of handling that
process.

Chuck

neilp@dpslink.com wrote:

> All drives support SEQNBR(1) CLEAR(*ALL) but only a few (reel to reel for
> example) will support CLEAR at other than SEQNBR(1).
> SEQNBR(1) CLEAR(*ALL) is very useful for a backup where you don't
> want/need to reinitialize the tape but want to erase previous data.
>
> ...Neil

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