How to Retrieve Files From a Diskette (tar)

1. Change to the directory where you want to put the files.

2. Insert the diskette into the drive.

3. Run volcheck to make the diskette available.

4. Use the tar command to retrieve files from a diskette.

   $ tar xvf /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled

   All of the files on the diskette are copied to the current directory.

5. Verify the files have been retrieved by listing the contents of the current directory.

   $ ls -l

6. Remove the diskette from the drive.

Examples--Retrieving Files From a Diskette (tar)

In this example, all files are copied from the diskette:

$  /home/smith/Evaluations
$ tar xvf /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled
x evaluation.doc, 44032 bytes, 86 tape blocks
x evaluation.doc.backup, 43008 bytes, 84 tape blocks
$ ls -l

Use the tar command to retrieve individual files from a diskette.

$ tar xvf /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unlabeled filename ...

The file names you specify are extracted from the diskette and placed in the current working directory.