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From: campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: problems with tar and Xenix 286 2.2.3
Keywords: Xenix, 286, tar
Message-ID: <4717@thebes.Thalatta.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 90 14:35:24 GMT
References: <1281@mgse.UUCP>
Reply-To: campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell)
Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
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In article <1281@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes:
:I am trying to help a friend who purchased SCO Xenix 2.2.3 and has
:not been using it much. He has had a number of system crashes and
:feels this may be part of the problem, but i don't know.
:
:He is having problems with tar and floppy devices, replacing tar
:from the distribution N1 diskette does not help. in /etc/default/tar
:entry 0 reads;
:
:archive0=/dev/rfd096ds15        10      1200    n
:
:There is now default entry. when you place a freshly formatted
:high-density diskette in drive A: and type 'tar -cvf0 *', tar will
:list off the files it is archiving, when you then type 'tar -tvf0',
: stuff deleted.

The basic problem is that you haven't used the correct form of
the tar command when using the defaults in /etc/default/tar.

To create a tar file use: ``tar -cv0 filelist''

To read the file: ``tar -xv0''

To see the directory: ``tar -tv0''
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