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Date:      Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:12:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
Cc:        bsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: using tar or cpio across network?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970129001236.24983K-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199701251142.VAA00343@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>

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On Sat, 25 Jan 1997, Robert Chalmers wrote:

> does anyone have a sample script for using tar or and cpio across
> the network?  with rsh.
> I had rdump work once? but now it wont do it again. Just finds the
> end of tape and dies? damn.

You need to init the tape.  See section 10.5.9 of the Handbook.

rdump works fine here.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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