SOLUTION::::::
You can just do a tar xf - /dev/rmt0h | tar cf /dev/rmt1h.
OR dd if=/dev/rmt0h of=/dev/rmt1h bs=10240
That sends the tar output to standard out, piping it into a tar command
that puts it on the other tape.
it did the trick:-)))
Thanks
Harry
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Harinder Singh
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10/06/97 06:32 PM
To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
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Subject: dd command!
Hello!
We have a DEC Alpha running UNIX 3.2G. I created a tape in a tar format
taring different files off the server on to the tape using tar uvf....... I
have to make multiple copies of the tape. We have two tape drives attached
to the system. I tried using dd command:
dd if=/dev/rmt0h of=/dev/rmt0h
But, when I try to do tar tvf /dev/rmt0h for verification, I get an error:
Its not a tar format......
How can I make multiple copies of the tape?
TIA
Harry
Received on Tue Oct 07 1997 - 18:19:02 NZDT