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From: kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Accessing a VAX tape drive from a S
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Date: 29 Aug 88 01:27:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!kai    Aug 28 20:27:00 1988


If you are writing data from within a C program, try:

	fp = popen ("/usr/ucb/rsh vaxhost /bin/dd of=/dev/rmt8", "w");

Or, if you just want to write tar files, get the public domain tar program
from the comp.sources.unix archives.  This program has the capability to
write to remote tape drives.

Patrick Wolfe  (pwolfe@kai.com, kailand!pwolfe)