Re: Saving data

From	koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler)
Newsgroups	comp.os.vms
Subject	Re: Saving data
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Date	2011-05-02 09:45 -0500
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In article <iphmb9$3ah$1@dont-email.me>, glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
> Also, on unix, if you spell the device wrong.
> 
> tar cf /dev/tpae .
> 
> it will write a file into /dev instead of onto the tape.

   If /dev is protected correctly, only root can make this mistake.
   Of course, root may be needed to make sure all the files of a
   collection of users can be read.

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Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-30 09:55 +0000
  Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-04-30 19:02 +0000
    Re: Saving data koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-02 09:45 -0500
      Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-02 17:37 +0000

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