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Re: tar question...followup
- To: Jean-Hugues dot Zorio at der dot edf dot fr
- Subject: Re: tar question...followup
- From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:54:40 +0200
- CC: cygwin <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
- References: <39F9712D.D3B6AB9A@NOSPAM-der.edf.fr-NOSPAM>
- Reply-To: cygwin <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
jean-hugues zorio wrote:
> When I mount my DAT drive (//./tape1) in /dev/rmt/nr (I have tried this
> with and without a 'nr' directory already created under /dev/rmt),
I suspect your DAT drive is the first or only drive. In that case
it's named tape0, not tape1.
> mt -f /dev/rmt/nr reports an invalid handle,
>
> tar cvf /dev/rmt/nr /etc reports no such file or
> directory
Don't use another directory level. This isn't tested and not
intentionally supported. Try something like
/dev/st0 for rewind and
/dev/nst0 for no-rewind.
>
> Well, I go on vacation tonight, but upon return, I'll try again, and
> perhaps bother you again.
Please, send your further mails to the mailing list again. It's the
appropriate place to discuss Cygwin related problems.
Corinna
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