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Date:      Mon, 12 May 1997 22:59:50 -0700
From:      "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
To:        Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GNU is not tar
Message-ID:  <33780356.486F@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.94.970512202649.6144A-100000@misery.sdf.com>

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Tom Samplonius wrote:
> 
>   Well, this is wrong for a start.  The params are in the wrong order, and
> you shouldn't use a "-" with single letter options:
> 
> tar cbf 10 filename.tar *
> 
> (params in right order, and no "-")
> 
If I remember well, I copied the example from the manpage !
mt(2?) didn't fix the blocksize either, but I'm not sure of that format:
setenv TAPE /dev/rwt0
mt BLOCKSIZE 10

Anyway I did get that working with the alternate form of tar, What keeps
me worried is that I'll have to use gnu tar on every box.

thanks !

Pedro.

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> Tom



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