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From: zklf0b@gs144.hou.amoco.com (Fergason)
Subject: Re: Tar handling special devices (Was Re: Does anybody have a complete tar.Z file of filesystem?)
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References: <wagner.985.728099462@main.mndly.umn.edu> <1993Jan29.161226.966@sci34hub.sci.com> <1993Jan30.234734.12067@coe.montana.edu>
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In article <1993Jan30.234734.12067@coe.montana.edu> osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
>In article <1993Jan29.161226.966@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:
>>Considering that tar doesn't handle the device entries in /dev/*, you're
>>probably not going to find any such image.
>
>Huh??  What *nix have you been using? 
>
>Tar has been able to handle character/block special devices for
>as long as I can remember.
>
>Script started on Sat Jan 30 16:41:13 1993
Example of tar working for block and character devices deleted.



On SunOS 4.1.3,

tar cvf test.tar /dev/*
tar: /dev/audio is not a file. Not dumped
tar: /dev/audioctl is not a file. Not dumped
tar: /dev/bpp0 is not a file. Not dumped

and about 5 or 6 screens more of that.

Kelly