tar problems: continued on archive 2

[Don Thomson]

I've been backing up directories from a DECstation running Ultrix to another
DECstation that has an 8mm Exabyte tape drive on it, using a command like:

tar cf - dir_name | rsh remote_machine "dd ibs=10240 obs=10240 of=/dev/rmt0h"

This usually works pretty well, but every now and then on reading the tape
(with a "tar t") I get a message that the tar is continued on a second tape
even though it was only written to one:

	tar: File  dir_name  is continued on archive  2
	tar: Please load archive  2  on  /dev/rmt0h  & press RETURN

Is there some magic character sequence indicating a second volume that I might
be matching coincidentally in one of the files I'm backing up?  Chances of that
seem pretty slim.  Any ideas?

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