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From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP/UX and the 9144 cartridge tape drive
Message-ID: <28510048@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
Date: 22 May 91 15:33:21 GMT
References: <1991May21.180306.16925@netnews.whoi.edu>
Organization: HP-Sales Office-The Netherlands
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  If you use "tcio -o" for writing, then you *must* also use "tcio -i"
for reading. A simple example :

echo "Hello, world!" >file
echo file | cpio -o | tcio -o /dev/update.src
rm file
tcio -i /dev/update.src | cpio -i
cat file

>		      This allowed me to write the directories and files to the
> tape (or appeared to) but won't let me read them. I get a variety of messages
> depending on whatever.

  Please be specific. Which commands, options, messages?

Frank Slootweg, HP, Dutch Customer Response Center.

P.S. It is better to use "tcio -oVS 8 /dev/update.src" and
     "tcio -iS 8 /dev/update.src" in the above examples. See the manual
     page as to why.