Re: Tar won't run

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From: Graham Daveney
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:00

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tar looks by default for the tape drive which is nst0.

For tar to work you have to use the f switch to specify the file that you
want tar to work on so that it won't look for the tape drive.

Have a look at the man page.

Regards
Graham

In article <000032bc+000008a0@msn.com> you wrote:
: I hope someone can help me...
: When I run tar, it says can't open /dev/nst0 device not found..
: nst0 is present in /dev.
: I can't figure it out at all, but then I'm a newby to Linux..
: Any help will be gratefully received..
: BarrL
Hammer Smith (mcarreck@msn.com) wrote:
: I hope someone can help me...
: When I run tar, it says can't open /dev/nst0 device not found..
: nst0 is present in /dev.
: I can't figure it out at all, but then I'm a newby to Linux..
: Any help will be gratefully received..
: Barry

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