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How to use the tar command for tape drive


hi,

I have a tape drive installed in my windows 2000 system. How can i create
archive on tape. With the latest cygwin installed, I am able to list the
contents of the tape using the command "tar -tvf //./tape0" however I am
unable to create archive on tape using the command "tar -cvf //./tape0
C:\BackupFolder". The error i am getting is as follows:-

tar: //./tape0: Cannot open: Invalid argument
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Can somebody help me in it?

Thanks.

With regards from
Nabhonil Sinha
Infosys - Cisco OSDC, Bangalore 
Tel - 91 80 2852 0261 x 2490
Direct - 91 80 2501 0490 
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Email1 - nabhonil_sinha@infosys.com; 
Email2 - nasinha@cisco.com 



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