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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA390 ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 14:05:54 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!src.honeywell.com!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!mmc.mmmg.com!timbuk.cray.com!raistlin!uc.msc.edu!apctrc!wsc!gs144!zklf0b From: zklf0b@gs144.hou.amoco.com (Fergason) Subject: Re: Tar handling special devices (Was Re: Does anybody have a complete tar.Z file of filesystem?) Message-ID: <1993Jan31.173744.13362@hou.amoco.com> Keywords: n Sender: news@hou.amoco.com Organization: Amoco Production References: <wagner.985.728099462@main.mndly.umn.edu> <1993Jan29.161226.966@sci34hub.sci.com> <1993Jan30.234734.12067@coe.montana.edu> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 17:37:44 GMT Lines: 26 In article <1993Jan30.234734.12067@coe.montana.edu> osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >In article <1993Jan29.161226.966@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes: >>Considering that tar doesn't handle the device entries in /dev/*, you're >>probably not going to find any such image. > >Huh?? What *nix have you been using? > >Tar has been able to handle character/block special devices for >as long as I can remember. > >Script started on Sat Jan 30 16:41:13 1993 Example of tar working for block and character devices deleted. On SunOS 4.1.3, tar cvf test.tar /dev/* tar: /dev/audio is not a file. Not dumped tar: /dev/audioctl is not a file. Not dumped tar: /dev/bpp0 is not a file. Not dumped and about 5 or 6 screens more of that. Kelly