[ale] Tar from linux to Irix.

[Christopher Fowler]

> 
> I have created a tar to a 4mm tape on my linux machine.  I'm trying to
> restore it to an SGI Indy...  It complains that it is a byte-swapped
> archive and won't restore...  This is new to me.  The man page refers to
> byte-swapping, but not how to restore it...  Anyone ever done this?
> 
> Rob
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> Robert L. Harris
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> 
 try cpio

find . -print | cpio -ocvB >/dev/st0

Thanks,
Christopher Fowler
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