H hfastedge Registered Jul 22, 2001 #1 I try to tar a directory yet it doesnt seem to work??? [localhost:~] hunter% tar -C xfer/ tar: Failed open to read on /dev/nrst0 <No such file or directory> the dir IS there I want to archive and compress this file..what else can I do????
I try to tar a directory yet it doesnt seem to work??? [localhost:~] hunter% tar -C xfer/ tar: Failed open to read on /dev/nrst0 <No such file or directory> the dir IS there I want to archive and compress this file..what else can I do????
H howardm4 Registered Jul 23, 2001 #2 If you give it the right command options it'll work fine. tar zcvf foo.tar.gz xfer You need to tell it what filename should hold the output. Since you didn't, it defaulted to nrst0 (non-rewinding raw scsi tape drive #0).
If you give it the right command options it'll work fine. tar zcvf foo.tar.gz xfer You need to tell it what filename should hold the output. Since you didn't, it defaulted to nrst0 (non-rewinding raw scsi tape drive #0).
