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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: Reading and writing to DAT without getting TAR'ed
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Jul22.231737.20243@iat.holonet.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 07:51:06 GMT
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- In <1992Jul22.231737.20243@iat.holonet.net> cboesel@iat.holonet.net (Charles Boesel) writes:
- | Is there a way to read and write files to a DAT drive
- | without getting TAR involved? Lemme know if 'tis true you can.
-
- Of course! DAT is just another tape device. Almost any
- command can do output to the DAT, although you usually
- want some structure on the tape for ease of retrieval.
-
- See 'man tps' for more info.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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