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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: /dev/rmt8: Bad Filfile descriptor ????
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 23:06:06 GMT
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References: <C4F7G5.EyD@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1993Mar25.203552.18378@nas.nasa.gov> <1ot885INNr4b@hrd769.brooks.af.mil>
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In article <1ot885INNr4b@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) writes:
>   If you were really lazy, couldn't you just 'ln /dev/rst0 /dev/rmt8'?

The smart thing to do is to make tar use "/dev/tar" and ln -s it to whatever
you want.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
 `-_-'   Oletko halannut suttasi tänään?
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