Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: munnari!cidam.rmit.oz.au!mg@uunet.uu.net (Mike A. Gigante) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: reading and writing SGI tapes Message-ID: <3041@cidam.rmit.oz> Date: 1 Dec 88 17:02:22 GMT References: <2153@kalliope.rice.edu> Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Lines: 7 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: 20 Nov 88 19:39:54 GMT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 32, message 5 of 17 Works fine, just put an intervening "dd conv=swab" in - i.e. % dd conv=swab if=/dev/rst8 | tar xvf - it also works the other way... Mike