Re: tar from tape to tar file

From: Sunder Iyengar (Sunder.Iyengar@VERITAS.COM)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2003 - 18:08:57 EST


Try using dd.

dd if=/dev/rmtx of=/tmp/tarfile.tar bs=512 (or whatever is appropriate)

Sunder.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Dunn [mailto:john.dunn@SEFAS.CO.UK]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 March 2003 02:06
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: tar from tape to tar file

is it possible to tar some files from tape straight into a tar file?

John



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