From: kris AT wren DOT rpms DOT ac DOT uk (Kris Thielemans)
Subject: Re: Tape drive
21 Feb 1998 07:04:00 -0800
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To: <sainfeld AT sutmyn DOT com>, <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Hi,

As mentioned recently on this list, you'll need to find nttar.zip (look with
archie for your favorite ftp server). The cygwin32 tar doesn't handle tape
drives. nttar.zip is a port of GNU tar using the NT Tape API. I wonder why
this isn't included in the standard distribution.

nttar.zip contains a README which tells you how tapes are called.

Kris
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From: sainfeld AT sutmyn DOT com <sainfeld AT sutmyn DOT com>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: 20 February 1998 09:40
Subject: Tape drive


>Hi
>I am trying to use my hp dat drive with gnu-win32 in order to read tar
files.
>How are devices addressed in this case ?
>if I do a dd if=? of=/mydir/tarfile what is the name of the device?
>Thank you for guiding the clueless... :)
>Jean-Pierre Sainfeld
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