--On Wednesday, September 25, 2002 08:42:07 -0500 Frank Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --On Wednesday, September 25, 2002 21:38:55 +1000 Gordon Cormack ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Peoples, >> >> I'm trying to dump from an Amanda tape onto the hard-drive by not using >> Amanda. This is probably a "you don't know how to use tar properly" >> question but: >> >> I'm obviously doing something wrong here cause the command: >> # dd if=/dev/rmt/0n bs=32k skip=1 | /usr/local/bin/tar -cv -f >> /export/output.tar >> /usr/local/bin/tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive > > The 'c' option to tar means 'create'. You need to extract so use 'x' > instead. > I hate to reply to myself, but I didn't notice you were also giving tar a filename. If you just want the tar file that was on the tape, forget the pipe and use of=/export/output.tar. If you are trying to extract the tar that is on the tape, leave off the filename and tar will extract from stdin. Frank > >> >> The tape only has about 2GB of compressed data on it so it's not huge... >> >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> Gordon. >> > > > > -- > Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 > Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501 -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
