Multi-volume diskette files MSDOS->Xenix/386

Wm E. Davidsen Jr davidsen at sixhub.UUCP
Wed Jan 23 15:22:41 AEST 1991


SOunds like you forgot the k option in tar. You can also use the bundle
package (multivolume to stdout) to read the stuff in and get better
performance, too.

a) tar xfk /dev/rfd1135ds18 1440
b) unbundle /dev/rfd1135ds18 1440k 18k | tar xf -
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