Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:40:55 -0000 (UTC) From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar: Failed to open '/dev/sa0' Message-ID: <slrnokdsr7.128.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <9369978e-7041-3ef9-2cb4-66555054425b@holgerdanske.com>
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On 2017-06-18, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > Subject: tar: Failed to open '/dev/sa0' You need to specify an archive file with the f flag, e.g. $ tar cf dpchrist-thunderbird-20170618.tar .thunderbird Traditionally, if no archive file is specified, tar(1) accesses a tape device by default. FreeBSD's tar maintains this behavior and the FreeBSD port of gtar matches this for consistency. Use "-" as archive name if you want to read from stdin / write to stdout. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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