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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 11:19:57 -0600
From: Allan Alford <aa@jump.net>
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Flemming Jacobsen wrote:
> 
> Hi world,
> 
> > I've been using the following syntax in my script:
> >
> > tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /foo
> > tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /bar
> > tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /foobar
> 
> Uhmmmm, you DO mean 'tar -cvf /dev/nrst0 /foo', right? Otherwise
> your problem is pretty obvious - tar defaults to use /dev/rst0
> (but a backup of the /dev/nrst0 device is allways nice ;-).
> I realize that the missing 'f' probably is a typo. OTOH it would
> account for the behaviour that you see.
> 

And the winner of the Bonehead of the Month Award Is.... Me!

Arguments?  We don't need no stinkin' arguments!

Heh.

- Allan