Tar Command FormatThis command format is used when transferring the image filesto an Exabyte tape using the TAR command on Silicon Graphicsworkstations.The tar command has many options that you can specify. Totransfer images to Diskus, you must specify the followingoptions:c create newb blocking factor = 20f use device named in commandns no swapv variable blocking driverThe following command is an example of the command thatwould be used to copy files 0001, 0002, 0003, and 0004 to anExabyte tape drive at SCSI address 4:iris% tar cbf 20 /dev/rmt/tps0d4nsv 0001 00020003 0004The "b" and the "nsv" are the flags required to format the datafor reading into Diskus.Diskus Technical Guide File Formats9100-0217-02 - SEP 95 Appendix 12-9
