On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 10:32:47AM -0400, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 at 10:03am, Vytas Janusauskas wrote > > > So I: > > mt -t /dev/nst0 rewind > > mt -t /dev/nst0 fsf 2 > > dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k count=1 > > > > This list the following: > > > > AMANDA: FILE 20050304 dendron.l8r.net /mnt/vxa2/scans/c/Seven_Unix lev 0 > > comp .gz program /bin/tar > > To restore, position tape at start of file and run: > > dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | bin/tar -f... - > > > > So I rewind the tape skip 2 files and then issue: > > > > dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | /bin/gtar -f ???? > > dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | /bin/gtar -f - > > Note the trailing hyphen, which tells tar to read from stdin.
Vytas, Tony, Would the header message have been any clearer if it said dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | bin/tar -...f - or maybe dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | bin/tar -<tar_options> -f - -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
