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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:10:47 -0500
To:	Ethan Larson <almo AT arthur DOT avalon DOT net>
Cc:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: Variable-blocksize tapes -- fixed!
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In-Reply-To:	<Pine.HPP.3.96.1000106150352.26792B-100000@arthur.avalon.net>; from almo@arthur.avalon.net on Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 03:04:49PM -0600

On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 03:04:49PM -0600, Ethan Larson wrote:
>Search the mailing list archive for "tape," and a weakness in NT becomes
>apparent: problems with variable-blocksize tapes. 
>
>I have solved this problem in Visual Basic with Win32 API calls, and I was
>wondering if I might be able to help out and get Cygwin's dd working with
>variable-blocklength tapes. 
>
>Thanks for your time. 

Sure.  This is an open-source project.  Just make sure that you are using
the most up-to-date snapshot.

cgf

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