Re: export/import directly from tape drive? (UNIX)

Mark Ellis (mellis_at_ramcad.pica.army.mil) wrote:

: Anyone have any tips/techniques on doing exports/imports directly
: to & from a DAT tape drive under UNIX?

I don't know if this would work, but it might be worth a try.   Read from/write to your tape into/from a pipe (or named pipe) and   do your import/export to/from the pipe. True, it's not directly to/from the tape, but it's a reasonable facsimile thereof.

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Harry Boswell                       u4imcehb_at_apollo.wes.army.mil
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