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From: herbie@polaris.UUCP (Herb Chong)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: tar tapes
Message-ID: <436@polaris.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 19:06:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 19:06:33 1986
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i have a tar tape with a lot of files on it that i managed to overwrite the
first block with a tape mark.  i know that the rest of the tape is okay
and that the first file isn't too valuable.  how do i go about extracting
the rest of the data onto disk and rewriting the tape?
 
i know i need to find the first block of a valid file near the beginning
and feed everything from there on into tar via a pipe.  the dd command
should let me position correctly.  what should i be looking for to
identify this block?
 
any other advice welcome.  plese respond by e-mail and PLEASE DON'T ASK
how i managed to do this!
 

Herb Chong...

I'm still user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....

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