Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!edsews!edstip!craig From: craig@edstip.EDS.COM (Craig Doebler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Using tar commands Message-ID: <801@edstip.EDS.COM> Date: 2 Oct 89 20:42:29 GMT References: <8908231355.AA09223@richter.mit.edu> Organization: EDS - Tech Pubs, Bloomfield Hills, MI Lines: 14 I have been trying to send files to a quarter inch cartarige tape using tar cvf /dev/rct0 filename. The results I get are a message on the screen which signifies the file name and its block size and nothing has been transfered to the tape. If I do a ls -las (list and show attributes), the rct0 file has all my data in it whats going on??? I am running a DN3500, BSD 4.2 -- Craig Doebler, EDS UUCP: ...!uunet!edsews!edstip!craig 1400 N. Woodward Ave craig@edstip.EDS.COM Bloomfield Hills, Voice: (313)645-4720 Fax:645-4824 MI 48013 * The above are my views only!!