Re: Tar won't run

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From: Matt Kemner
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:00

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Hammer Smith (mcarreck@msn.com) wrote:

: When I run tar, it says can't open /dev/nst0 device not found..
: nst0 is present in /dev.

Are you using tar with a tapedrive? (it's what tar was written for) or
trying to create / expand .tar files? if the latter try using the -f
switch to tell tar to use a local file

ie. tar -xf <archive name>                 #to expand
    tar -cf <archive name> <files>         #to archive

 - Matt Kemner
zombie@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
undead@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
kemner-m@cs.uwa.edu.au

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