Hi Frank,
If it is truly 512 bytes then you will need to set it to 10k or
10240 bytes. I use afio and have to set the byte count to 10k or
ftape won't like it.
Carl
On 28-Dec-98 Frank Miles wrote:
> According to the tar man page:
>
> -b, --block-size N
> block size of Nx512 bytes (default N=20)
> Some other utilities (notably afio) do *not* have this default size.
>
> -frank (a different one)
>
> On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Carl J. Nobile wrote:
>
>> Hi Frank,
>>
>> Are you sure the block size is the same between tar and ftape? This
>> could cause this type of problem. If I recall ftape ha a 10k block
>> size, but I don't remember tar's default size.
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E-Mail: Carl J. Nobile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 28-Dec-98
Time: 20:34:17
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