Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:13:38 -0800 From: "Jeff D. Hamann" <jeff_hamann@hamanndonald.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: cygwin tar <-> FreeBSD tar? Message-ID: <002b01c2a7ab$e2222550$7c74c180@forestry.oregonstate.edu>
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I've got a FreeBSD machine at home with a 4mm tape drive that I have tar'd files as follows: tar cvf /dev/sa0 /usr/home/me/project and it works just fine as you might expect. I also have an Win2k machine at work that I perform the same operation on, tar cvf /dev/st0 /usr/home/me/project and it works just fine. The problem occurs when I try to use a tape tht was tar'd on one machine the other. I get the following messages on both machines when trying to read a tape produced in the other machine. C:\>tar tvf /dev/st0 tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Bad file descriptor tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now The NT tar is the cygwin tar and the FreeBSD tar is the standard one that come with FreeBSD 4.4 What settings do I need to provide to make the tapes readable on the other system? Jeff. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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