On 10/18/2012 08:45 AM, 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
Isn't that the same as: tar -cf '\.Tape0' /cygdrive/c/StratfordData Are you sure you are using backslash correctly in your command? -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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