Re: error using tar

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From: David Gibson
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 00:00

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Che Franz Joseph Monro (Che@sydney.dialix.com.au) wrote:
: Im having problems using tar, I get "tar: cant open /dev/nst0 : no such
: device". I dont know what /dev/nst0 is, but it exists in the
: directory... 

	'tar' is short for Tape ARchive. Historically it was used for tape
backups. Thus by default it trys to write archives to the tape device
/dev/nst0, or similar. To make it read/write an archive file use the
	-f filename
option.

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