Comment on command line util to encode/decode framed packets?
nycki@lemmy.world 3 months agoI did use par2 and tar to generate redundancy, but I still need a way to locate it in the bytestream. Tar doesn’t seem to reliably mark the start or end of files :/
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 months ago
What are you using to control/access the tape? tar should handle that just fine, considering that’s what it was originally made for.
nycki@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m using a regular off-the-shelf tape recorder, it doesnt have an electronic interface, I just press play and record manually.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 months ago
So how are you retrieving files? Writing down timestamps? Tar should be able to find the start of an archive if you give it a little lead-in.
nycki@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s exactly what I thought would work, but it doesn’t.