I'm trying to recover my /etc directory from tape, so in accordance with
docs/RESTORE, I'm doing this:

[root@tony-lx etc]# mt fsf 1 && dd if=/dev/tape bs=32k count=1
AMANDA: FILE 20050821 tony-lx /etc lev 0 comp .gz program /bin/gtar
To restore, position tape at start of file and run:
   dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | bin/gtar -f... -


1+0 records in
1+0 records out
[root@tony-lx etc]# dd if=/dev/tape bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc |
/bin/gtar -xpvf -

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
2+0 records in
1+0 records out

And, of course nothing in my restore/etc dir. I hope it's just my
incompetence :( 

Any suggestions, please?

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Tony van der Hoff        | mailto:tony AT vanderhoff DOT org
Buckinghamshire, England