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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: tar r stopped working...
Message-ID: <9276@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 10 Jan 90 03:41:02 GMT
References: <1432@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1432@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:
> Hm, I don't seem to be able to "tar r" anymore after upgrading from 1.2
> to 3.1.  "Archive backspace error".  What gives?  The tar tape I'm trying
> to append to was written under 1.2; is there some special compatibility
> flag I need to specify, or is tar just broke?  (8200, TU81+).

There is a patch to the 3.1 MSCP tape driver that is supposed to fix a problem
with the 'ltf -x' command.  It is possible that it actually addresses a more
generic problem that may also showing up with tar and/or other utilities.

Check with the support center and see if you can tease the patch out of
them on a trial basis...

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
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