Re: Error on running tar -zxvf /dev/st0

[email protected] wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I got the below error message on doing a "tar -zxvf /dev/st0", ran it to
>check status of files, file sizes, directory structure
>that's backed up on SCSI tape drive.
>
>Any idea what the problem is? Thanks for any ideas.
>
>
>[root@www tmp]# tar -zxvf /dev/st0
>tar (child): /dev/st0: Cannot read: Cannot allocate memory
>tar (child): At beginning of tape, quitting now
>tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
>gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
>tar: Child returned status 2
>tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>[root@www tmp]#
>
>
>  
>
If you just want to look at the contents of the tape, try:

tar tvf /dev/st0

The z is used to uncompress files that are tarred and zipped, and I'm 
not sure the z option here is valid for a tape device. The  x option 
tries to extract the archive, whereas the  t  will just list the contents. 

What OS was used to create the tape?

Are you sure tar was used to store it to tape?




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