Can't cat tape- big blocks?

[Martin Golding]

I said:

>We got a 9 track tape in tar format, with 10k blocks...

>When we cat it to a file it looks like we don't get all the data.
> What should we do? 

And already I have the correct answer (2 copies, no flames, thank you
all) "cat" has too small a buffer, use "dd" to get the data off the tape.

Thanks, and I will now go back and re-read everything I have about
unix files and tape handling.	
(_Training_? We didn't have time for _training_, we had to start _coding_.)

Thanks again, I'm off to do the makes..


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