In article <26469 at adm.brl.mil> JTUCKER%cs-den.prime.com at relay.cs.net writes: >cp /dev/TAPE1 /dev/TAPE2 works great if TAPE1 is in tar format. Try it using >an OS tape for TAPE1. cp is sometimes flaky with me. It seems to be safer to use dd. --- Noah Friedman friedman at gnu.ai.mit.edu