Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!romulus.rutgers.edu!fuentes From: fuentes@romulus.rutgers.edu (Carlos 666 Trott) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: reading in ascii files on a tape using tar? Message-ID: Date: 18 Jan 91 17:09:29 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 11 I just got my own unix boxes and am new to the unix world...so forgive the stupid question... I will be getting several dozen labelled and unlabelled ascii tapes (some created on vaxen, others on big blue). What command whould I use to copy these files from tape to disk. -Carlos Citicorp*Lynch, Jones & Ryan