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well never mind, figured it out, command is 'stty kill ^u' i kept trying 'stty kill=^u'

Did a 'man' on 'stty' still have not been able to successfully change the value of 'kill' from the @ symbol to something like '^u'. Could someone let me know how to change this value? Thanks for the help.

Just another note, could this be an issue with attempting to backup a specific file? What kinds of files would be the cause of this type of issue?

Thanks for the information. I looked up the mt command and successfully used it to rewind my tape; however, could not use the 'erase' option. I did a man on mt on my machine and the erase option was not present. As an FYI I'm using HP-UX. Is there another way to erase the tape? Also, wanted...

You can use the PS1 variable as follows: PS1="\$PWD =>" That would at least get your location in the Unix prompt string. To avoid having to set this variable each time you login, you could set the variable in your .profile. As far as the system name you should be able to include...

Why would the 'TAR: End of Tape' message appear when the tape is not full and there are files left to be backed up from the drive? I issue a tar command like 'tar -cv /dev/rmt/0m /d03' the tape drive is recognized and begins to backup but may only get one or two files into a backup before the...

Thanks for the help, after inserting a new tape, I'll give my device name /dev/rmt/0m the next time I see the prompt. As far as the -M option, I did try that one as 'tar -cvM' (and other flavors) to no avail, it was not recognized on my system.

When backing up a directory that will not fit on one tape I get the following prompt when the first tape is full. "Tar: end of tape" "Tar: to continue, enter device/file name when ready or null string to quit." What should be my next steps from here to be able to insert...