tar tape SGI <-> DEC

From: Roger Joss <giarjo_at_gia.ch>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 16:11:50 +0200

Hi managers,

We got a problem reading (Alpha1000,DU3.2d) a tar archive on a DAT Tape
that was written on a SGI machine.

tar tvf /dev/nrmt0h isn't working as expected. It comes up with
messages like:

  % tar -tv
  blocksize = 128
  -rw-r-S--- 456/15 2788592 Jul 9 14:53:20 1996 filename.dxf
  tar: Ready for volume 2
  tar: Type "go" when ready to proceed (or "quit" to abort):
  tar: /dev/rmt0h : This doesn't look like a tar archive
  tar: /dev/rmt0h : Skipping to next file...
  -rw-r-S--- 456/15 4743740 Jul 9 14:52:10 1996 band_3
  etc.

BUT when we do a

  dd if=/dev/nrmt0h bs=1024k | tar -tvf - ...everything seems to be ok.

What's wrong with tar ??

TIA

Roger
Received on Mon Jul 29 1996 - 17:14:13 NZST

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