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Old 12-03-2004
Copy a file from tape drive
Hi,

How to copy a file (online.exp031204.tar.Z) from the tape drive /dev/rStp0
# 2  
Old 12-03-2004
To answer that question you would need to know how the file was written to tape.
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Old 12-03-2004
I follow the following procedure to write into tape.
#cd /onlinedbbk
#tar-cvf online.exp031204.tar online.exp
#compress -H online.exp031204.tar
# tar -cvf /dev/rStp0 online.exp031204.tar.Z

Thanks,

Mostafizur Rahman
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