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From: ccurtin AT trintech DOT com (Colman Curtin)
Subject: tar cvf /dev/fd0 foo
7 Oct 1997 14:17:54 -0700 :
Message-ID: <199710071039.LAA42982.cygnus.gnu-win32@muzak.trintech.ie>
To: "GNU Win 32" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

hi folks
is it possible for cygwin tar to read un*x tarred floppy disks or do they have
to be formatted for a pc.
e.g.
from un*x box tar cvf /dev/fd0 foo

then from pc tar xvf /dev/fd0

fails for me.
is it possible at all?

thanks in advance
Colman.


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