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Old 06-27-2006
transfer data to a remote system from the tape

i need to retrieve the data from tape on to a remote system.how should i go about it can anyone please help.......its urgent
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Old 06-27-2006
Perhaps this works:
Code:
cat /dev/rmt0 | ssh user@server "tee -a > filename.ext"

Assuming that /dev/rmt0 is your tape device and you want to transfer its contents to filename.ext in server.
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