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From: operator@IRIS.KTH.DK (Martin Liversage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: The tar -r optione
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Date: 6 Dec 90 08:01:17 GMT
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> Please folks: many of us at SGI are willing to help with your problems,
> but it can be difficult when you don't say what hardware or OS release
> you have.  In this case I have adequate hardware info, but no OS info.
> tar in 3.2 had some grungy code that limited -r and -u support to the
> xm driver.

Sorry for the missing info. I have 3.2, so this explains my problem.
Does anybody know of a PD tar (or other archive program) with -r
support for the tps driver (using a 9 track tape drive)?

Martin Liversage