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Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 12:57:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Nabhonil Sinha <nasinha AT cisco DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: How to use the tar command for tape drive
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On Tue, 18 May 2004, Nabhonil Sinha wrote:

> hi,
>
> I have a tape drive installed in my windows 2000 system. How can i create
> archive on tape. With the latest cygwin installed, I am able to list the
> contents of the tape using the command "tar -tvf //./tape0" however I am
> unable to create archive on tape using the command "tar -cvf //./tape0
> C:\BackupFolder". The error i am getting is as follows:-
>
> tar: //./tape0: Cannot open: Invalid argument
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> Can somebody help me in it?

a) This has nothing to do with X, so cygwin-xfree is the wrong list for
   it.  Redirecting to the correct list (<cygwin at cygwin dot com>).

b) Read <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN806>
   *fully* -- the answer to your question is there.  If it's still not
   clear, see <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg01583.html>.

	Igor
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