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On 10/18/2012 4:45 PM, srikant veeraraghavan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to write few backups using the tar command onto a tape
> drive which is zoned to my Windows server.
> The Carts have been loaded on the tapes on which I need to run the backup.
> I found the tape Symbolic name from the Device manager tab. And this is the
> command that I used.
>
> tar -cf \\.\Tape0 /cygdrive/c/StratfordData
>
> Where Tape0: is my tape drive.
> /cygdrive/c/StratfordData is my source.
> When I run this command I do not get any error message, but nothing is
> written.
>

what about mt package ?

"This mt is designed to be used on Cygwin only.  It knows about
the special tape information given only in the Cygwin case."

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