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Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 21:01:22 +0100
From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
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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

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