tar tape extraction problem

[impulse24]

Hi,

I am using tar on a windows box to extract some DLT tapes created using ustar.

The command I use is tar xvf /dev/mt0. I am able to use tar tvf /dev/mt0 to get the list of files on tape, and the list looks like below:

mr0010:d0243845.30_r136.p003@1954115, 64677 bytes, 127 tape blocks
mr0010:d0243845.30_r136.p004@1954180, 27707 bytes, 55 tape blocks
mr0010:d0243845.30_r136.p005@1954209, 34215 bytes, 67 tape blocks
mr0010:d0243845.30_r136.p006@1954244, 28486 bytes, 56 tape blocks


When I extract the only thing that gets created is a file name mr0010, and it is 0kb in size. I want to extract but ignore the mr0010: which is the name of the source system the tape was created on. Is there a tar switch to use, or some way of preventing the mr0010 from appearing. Thanks

 

[PHV]

Have you tried tar --help or tar -? or man tar ?

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[impulse24]

have looked all over the man pages and help, and don't see any option, and am hoping someone has suggestions

 

[fredericofonseca]

you need to use ustar to extract the files.




Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[PHV]

Maybe here

http://www.softwareonline.org/winxs42.html

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