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Using Mass Storage Devices
Operating the Floppy Drive
3 Enter the following command line:
tar -xvf devicefile pathname Enter
where devicefile is the device file as listed by sam and pathname is the
pathname of the file or directory containing files that you want to restore
from the diskette. If you don’t specify pathname, everything on the
floppy diskette is restored.
Listing the Files on a Floppy Diskette
Use the following instructions to list the files on a floppy diskette:
1
Load the floppy diskette into the disk drive.
2 In a terminal window, enter the following command line:
tar -tvf devicefile Enter
where devicefile is the device file as listed by sam.
All files on the floppy diskette are listed.
For More Information
For more information on using tar and a complete list of the command argu-
ments, refer to the tar man page by typing the following in a terminal win-
dow:
man tar Enter
The man utility looks up man pages on the system.
You can mount the floppy drive as a file system using the SAM utility. Be
sure to unmount the drive before removing it as a file system. For more
information about how to mount and unmount the floppy drive, see the man-
ual Using HP-UX (B2910-90001).
For more information on copying data to or from your system to other
media, including your floppy diskette, refer to the cpio man page by typing
the following in a terminal window: