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From: daveh@xtenk.sgi.com (David A Higgen)
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Subject: Re: tar, 3030 <=> sun
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Date: 1 Mar 90 22:11:25 GMT
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In article <437@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>, disbrow@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Jim Disbrow) writes:
> Is there some reason why a tar tape created on a 3030 series machine
> can't be read on a Sun 3/280?  

They're byte-swapped relative to each other. Just use dd on the reading
machine to swap the bytes before feeding to tar.


			Dave Higgen