Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!adm!baccala@USNA.MIL From: baccala@USNA.MIL (Brent W Baccala) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Remote magtape. Message-ID: <7103@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Sat, 25-Apr-87 16:47:18 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-adm.7103 Posted: Sat Apr 25 16:47:18 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Apr-87 21:39:37 EDT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 17 > Since he brought it up, can somebody tell me if rtar has ever been > implemented? Rdump and rrestore are the only programs I know that use > remote tape drives, but many is the time I wished for rtar. Volume 2 of the mod.sources archives contains "rtar", which is described as "diffs to tar to sue a remote system's tape drives". I can't remember what system(s) it's for, since its been a long time since I looked at it... - BRENT W. BACCALA - Computer Aided Design/Interactive Graphics U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis, MD