Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:50:36 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tar to file or tar to device ? Message-ID: <20001013115036.A51415@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <200010122242.JAA20459@tungsten.austclear.com.au>; from ahl@austclear.com.au on Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 09:42:20AM %2B1100 References: <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> <200010122242.JAA20459@tungsten.austclear.com.au>
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 09:42:20AM +1100, Tony Landells wrote: | > IIUC, tar to a device, in my case /mnt/zip, treats the whole disk like a big | > tar file, not allowing any other use, correct? | | If you really mean /mnt/zip, then you probably have the disk mounted, in | which case you're writing to a file on the device. If you tar to /mnt/zip, what would the filename be? jcm -- "I drank WHAT ?!" - Socrates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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