man tar claims:
-f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F
use archive file or device F (default /dev/rmt0)
So could you just do:
tar -cvf SCOBOX:/dev/tape ??
John Craig wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am adminstering a small network that has Linux and Solaris Sparc as well as
> Win9x and Win2k boxes. We have one SCSI tape drive (Exabyte 8mm) attached to
> a Sparc station running Solaris7.
>
> Does anyone have a clue how to set up Linux to use the tape drive through the
> network as if it were local? I have been doing backups of the Win and Linux
> boxes from the Sparc using smbtar, but what I need to do also is read data
> tapes on Linux as if it were a local tape drive.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Craig
>
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