Linux – Restore old SunOS tapes

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I have some old SunOS tapes I need to look at the table of contents before I shred them.

Is there a Linux solution to restore these tapes?

Best Answer

If the tapes are in tar format then you can try

tar -tf /dev/sr0

If the files are in cpio format then

cpio -ivtB </dev/sr0

may work. If the tapes are in ufsdump format you can try using restore

restore -if /dev/st0

then use ls and cd to look at what's on them