Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 21:01:22 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: just plain tar... Message-ID: <354CCD12.DEB97AB3@tdx.co.uk> References: <199805040558.TAA13968@mauibuilt.com>
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FreeBSD MAIL wrote: > > hello, > > > > i have a couple of (maybe) relatively simple questions...i have looked a bit > > into the documentation i have, but to no avail... > > > > 1. how does one set up tar? i tried to list the contents of a tarred file > > and got a message complaining that /dev/rst0 was not configured. > > how do i fix this??? what is /dev/rst0 exactly? > There is no fix. the problem is that you dont have a tape drive or at least > you dont have a tape drive which is at the default location of /dev/rst0.. > > tar by default is made to work with tape drives not files.. although > files is what tar is most used for.. You can always set the TAPE environment variable though, e.g. (under tcsh) setenv TAPE /dev/mytape (or wherever the tape really is) - you can put this in your login script as well... Regards, Karl Pielorz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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