Background:
I have received a LTO4 tape with supposedly many many files (the
client claims that).
However, when I do:
tar xvpRf /dev/st0
I get one and only one file out of the tape. (ditto for /dev/nst0)
On further enquiry with the client they sent me the following three
line C shell script and said it should extract all the files.
while 1
tar -xvRf /dev/mt/tps#d#nrnsv (where # is supposed
to be replaced by the device id e.g. /dev/mt/tps1d1nrnsv)
end
Looking at the device nomenclature in the script, I am guessing that
client is using a SGI IRIX system to create the tar archive.
Anyway, I have replaced the /dev/mt... string with /dev/nst0 as
well as /dev/st0 but the result is the same.
The while being always true it keeps looping and the same file is extracted.
Tried cpio --extract; got error message confirming that archive is not cpio.
Clarification/Question:
is there any other way to confirm the content of a tape archive?
TIA
-- Arun Khan
