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Re: B19.1: remote tar bug?


In article <35509004.922F7332.cygnus.gnu-win32@diemme.it>,
Domenico Viggiani <mimmo@diemme.it> wrote:
>I'm trying to use Cygnus TAR 1.12 (with B19.1 DLL) to backup local files
>to a remote tape device (as usual in UNIX environment):
>
>tar cvf host:/dev/rmt/0m localdir
>
>but TAR complains for RSH. I have the Denicomp RSH.EXE program (a very
>good product for NT). Using an hex editor, I found that TAR looks for
>RSH in /usr/ucb directory; therefore, I put RSH in such path.
>
>So TAR starts but it hangs immediately.
>On the remote HP-UX host, I can see a 'rmt' process.
>
>Suggestions? Ideas?

Suggestion:  Compile the tar program with debugging and debug it to see
what it is doing.  If you fix the problem, present a patch.
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