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mt -f /dev/rmt/0cbn fsf 1
mt -f /dev/rmt/0cbn fsr 1

At 10:59 AM 5/16/2001 -0400, Jason Ahrens [ahrensj AT psi DOT ca] wrote:
>I am trying to determine if there is a better way to do this, and also, if
>it can be done at all under Windows
>
>To read a tape image manuall under Unix (no multiplexing), I do the
>following:
>
>mt -f /dev/rmt/0cbn asf 1
>dd if=/dev/rmt/0cbn of=/dev/null bs=1024 count=1
>(I can now do the tar command)
>
>Is there a better way to skip the 1024byte Backup header?
>
>Is there something I can use under NT to do the same thing?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jason
>
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