Re: TAR: tape blocksize error

From: Frank Slootweg (this_at_ddress.is.invalid)
Date: 10/20/05

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    [Late response due to extended absence.]

    On September 28, CC <colingcameron@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Hi All,
    >
    > When I want to list the content of a tape, it give me a block size
    > error,like this:
    >
    > tar tvf /dev/rmt/0m
    > Tar: tape blocksize error
    >
    > Any idea how to list the content of the tape?
    >
    > Thanks

      Please let us know if you still need help with this. If so, *when* do
    you get this error, directly or at the end? Does tar do *anything* or
    does it just give this error? Is this a tape written on HP-UX or on
    another platform? If the latter, on which?


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