At 02:13 PM 9/7/05, you wrote:

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 10:32:47AM -0400, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:

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Vytas, Tony,

Would the header message have been any clearer if it said

   dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | bin/tar -...f -

or maybe

   dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | bin/tar -<tar_options> -f -

I usually extract with these options:

    $ su     # we need to be root to be able to restore owner, etc.
    # mkdir /the/lost/directory  # where to place the files
    # cd /the/lost/directory
    # dd if=.... bs=32k skip=1 | /path/to/gnutar -xzpvf -

        -x   :  extract
        -z   :  filter through gzip
        -p   :  preserve permissions
        -v   :  some animation on the screen
        -f - :  read from standard input

Vytas

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