levine%fidler.decnet@NWC.NAVY.MIL ("FIDLER::LEVINE") (10/06/89)
I am vax cluster system manager with a user who just got a Silicon Graphics IRIS 4D/240GTX running IRIX (AT&T System V with BSD Extentions) V3.1 . He wants to be able to exchange data between his computer and my cluster useing mag-tapes. I used the TARWRITE program supplied in the Spring 89 VAX/L&T SIG Tape VAX000.TOOLS directory to build a tar tape, but he is unable to read it even useing the command dd | tar . . . is there anything else to try on the VAX or Silicon Graphics to be able to produce a readable tar tape, or is there a way on the Silicon Graphics to read/write blocked tapes? Please respond directly as I do not get the INFO-IRIS conference. Michael N. LeVine Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Ca 93555, USA Internet: levine%fidler.decnet@nwc.navy.mil,levine%fidler.decnet@26.3.0.85 (619) 939-2614 avn 437-2614
ciemo@bananapc.wpd.sgi.com (Dave Ciemiewicz) (10/06/89)
In article <8910051647.aa22396@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, levine%fidler.decnet@NWC.NAVY.MIL ("FIDLER::LEVINE") writes: > > I am vax cluster system manager with a user who just got a > Silicon Graphics IRIS 4D/240GTX running IRIX (AT&T System V with > BSD Extentions) V3.1 . He wants to be able to exchange data between his > computer and my cluster useing mag-tapes. I used the TARWRITE program > supplied in the Spring 89 VAX/L&T SIG Tape VAX000.TOOLS directory to > build a tar tape, but he is unable to read it even useing the command > > dd | tar . . . > > is there anything else to try on the VAX or Silicon Graphics to be able > to produce a readable tar tape, or is there a way on the Silicon Graphics > to read/write blocked tapes? > > Please respond directly as I do not get the INFO-IRIS conference. > > Michael N. LeVine Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Ca 93555, USA > Internet: levine%fidler.decnet@nwc.navy.mil,levine%fidler.decnet@26.3.0.85 > (619) 939-2614 avn 437-2614 IRISes and VAXen typically create tapes with different byte ordering. For your dd | tar try: dd conv=swab | tar . . . The conv=swab selects byte swapping in dd. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cosmo Ciemo, Silicon Valley Dude I was traipsing through the fields of my mind when I stepped in something that smelled rather ripe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------