AT&T SV/386 R3.2.2. Shouldn't "cpio -itv < /dev/<tape_device>" give me a display of all the files on the tape??? Pete -- Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College Voice: 609-586-4800 Engineering Technology, Computers and Math UUCP:...!princeton!mccc!pjh 1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 Internet: pjh at mccc.edu Trenton Computer Festival -- 4/20-21/91