Some times I would like to just use GNU tar at the command line for a quick archive to a tape device on a remote host. My Amanda system seems to do this very well. Amanda some how uses GNU tar to archive files on a Solaris 2.6 host to a remote tape device that is attached to a Linux (7.0) host. Yet when I try to do this at the command line I get tar complaints. Am I using the wrong syntax? solaris-host>#/usr/local/bin/tar -cvf linux-host:/dev/nst0 /home sh: unknown host /usr/local/bin/tar: Cannot open linux-host:/dev/nst0: I/O error /usr/local/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Why the odd error: "sh: unknown host" In every respect these two host know about each other. with wide open permissions for logins, .rhosts etc. I had read some posts about a buggy version of GNU tar. The GNU mirror sites don't seem to specify any revisions, just 1.13 not the rumored 1.13.19 or the 1.13.17 which is running on my linux host. But like I said, as long as I let Amanda do the tar all is well. I just wanted to be able to do a quick tar on the Solaris host without changing any of my amanda configurations. What say you good people? Paul
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