Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!swatsun!rice From: rice@swatsun (Dan Rice) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Tar format question Message-ID: <1249@tulum.swatsun.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Aug-87 17:51:06 EDT Article-I.D.: tulum.1249 Posted: Mon Aug 10 17:51:06 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Aug-87 00:38:36 EDT Organization: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA Lines: 11 Can someone give me details on how to read a tar-format tape on a non-Unix machine? I need to know such goodies as logical record length and blocksize. I am interested specifically in reading tar tapes via Primos (ugh!). Thanks. -- - Dan Rice, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA 19081 ``I hear you're mad about Brubeck... I like your eyes, I like him too...'' UUCP: ...!seismo!bpa!swatsun!rice, ...!sun!liberty!swatsun!rice CSNET: rice%swatsun.swarthmore.edu@relay.cs.net