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. > > > > > Tom > > > > > > Tom
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