On Sep 9 12:51, hs wrote: > I am having problems while reading from dds tape device. > I use the same procedure that works on knoppix linux live distro. > > I am setting block size > mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 10240 > and then try to read from the device with cat > cat /dev/nst0 > file.tar > and I get a message like > cat: /dev/nst0: Bad address > > I have mt V2.3, Corinna Vinschen, Apr 19 2004 > latest cygwin > > Any ideas what is wrong with it ?
Urgh, yes. It's a bug in Cygwin. Actually it's a pretty dumb typo which results in a too small buffer used for reading from tape. I've checked in a patch. Watch out for the next developers snapshot on http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ Thanks for the report, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
