> Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:08:59 -0600
> From: Paul Brannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: GNU tar syntax (or How does amanda do that?)
>
[snip]
> 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"
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I don't think this has anything to do with GNU tar except that GNU
tar is calling rmt/rsh.
Try the following and see what happens...
/usr/local/bin/tar -cvf - /home | rsh linux-host dd of=/dev/nst0
(you may want to specify '-b blocksize' to the tar command... and
'bs=blocksize' to the dd)
