Re: Tar version

From: Andre Verheij (a.verheij_at_econ.usyd.edu.au)
Date: 05/22/03

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    Hello all,

    I got it sorted. I was abit stupid. It needed to have mt -f /dev/tape
    setblk 0 before i access the tape.

    I forgot about this. I was a while since i did this by hand.

    Andre

    On Fri, 16 May 2003 10:56:54 +1000, Andre Verheij wrote:

    > Hello,
    > I am looking for some information regarding tar on a digital unix machine.
    >
    > i have a regular tape coming in from a supplier with a "tar"-ed
    > information on it. It is created on a digital Unix (DEC) box, to a DDS
    > tape. I have a DDS tape drive to read it on a linux boxand in the past i
    > have been able to read it with Gnu tar, but for some reason i can't
    > anymore.
    >
    > I wonder if there somebody can point me to a location where i can download
    > the source files for the tar version dunning on a DEc box(which is not Gnu
    > Tar!).
    >
    > I can't get my suppliers to install the gnu tar version next to the
    > digital version (Should be very simple).
    >
    > Kind regards,
    >
    > Andre

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