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From: jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: TAR DOES NOT SWAP BYTES (3B20 tape block size)
Message-ID: <592@im4u.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 15:02:33 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 20 15:02:33 1985
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References: <235@thunder.UUCP> <604@neuro1.UUCP> <2818@sun.uucp> <471@mtxinu.UUCP> <578@im4u.UUCP> <1473@gatech.CSNET> <268@laidbak.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman)
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <268@laidbak.UUCP> dpb@laidbak.UUCP (Darryl Baker) writes:
>In article <1473@gatech.CSNET> arnold@gatech.CSNET (Arnold Robbins) writes:
>>In article <578@im4u.UUCP>, jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman) writes:
>>> >I think the problem is with the 3B20 tape drive, not with "tar" on the 3B20.

Ahem!  While I do not necessarily take exception to any of the text you
quoted, none of it was by me.  My comment was the one saying that the
actual limit is 10 (512 byte) blocks, and that you must specify that
when reading a tape with tar, as well as when writing one.

Please keep your attributions straight.
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John Quarterman,   UUCP:  {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!jsq
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