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From: lampi@pnet02.gryphon.com (Michael Lampi)
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Subject: Re: tar vs wbak
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Date: 17 Jan 90 17:40:24 GMT
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lampi@pnet02.gryphon.com (Michael Lampi) writes:
>Sure, go ahead and use tar to read/write from the cartridge tape drive instead
>of wbak/rbak. You can generally use tar to interchange cartridge tape files
>with other unix systems and Apollo's.
>
>Use ct0 as the device.
>

Ooops! Sorry about device "ct0" -- guess I was too wrapped up in device driver
writing and forgot about the "rct#" pseudo-devices. BTW, if you use edmtdesc
you can create your own tape "device" names, each with their own attributes.
So, potentially, you could come up with a /dev/ct in place of /dev/rct8, which
is there jlru.

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