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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!olivea!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: /dev/rmt8: Bad Filfile descriptor ???? Message-ID: <1otbbuINN2th@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> Date: 25 Mar 93 22:22:54 GMT References: <C4F7G5.EyD@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1993Mar25.203552.18378@nas.nasa.gov> <C4Gs81.KHK@acsu.buffalo.edu> Organization: Armstrong Lab MIS, Brooks AFB TX Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <C4Gs81.KHK@acsu.buffalo.edu> ferrick@acsu.buffalo.edu (Patrick K. Ferrick) writes: }Thanks to all who have responded with "you forget the -f option". BUT, I }didn't!! Here's what I tried: } }tar -tvf /dev/rst0 } }as well as various other device incantaions. I get the same message, except }that whatever device I specify shows as having a "bad file descriptor"... }Any other ideas? I would then guess that you don't have write persmission for /dev/rst0. -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX