read/write tar/cpio tapes under dos

David Feustel feustel at netcom.UUCP
Wed Dec 26 11:08:13 AEST 1990


The MKS Toolkit includes a TAR command which can be used to read unix
tar files. The command will only read from /dev/mt0 so to use the
command, create a /dev directory and mv your tar file to /dev/mt0.
Kludgy, but it works. 

I haven't figured out how to use this command to write a tar file
yet.
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David Feustel, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (219) 482-9631
EMAIL: netcom.uucp



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