Re: Reading tapes

In article <1162414209.561121.111270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
CSUIDL PROGRAMMEr <syedamjad_a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We have some 8 mm tapes. They have been made using tar.

We are trying to read these tapes on our SGI IRIX 6.4.

cpio does not work as tapes are made of tar.

cpio *can* read tar files.

cpio -idkv -H tar -I /dev/tape

except that this doesn't redirect directories. (I don't have time
at the moment to figure out that portion.)
.

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