[Simh] {Spam?} transferring files to and from v6 unix running in pdp11 emulator

[Anders Magnusson]

Den 2015-11-20 kl. 20:12, skrev Will Senn:
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> On 11/20/15 10:51 AM, Anders Magnusson wrote:
>> Den 2015-11-20 kl. 17:35, skrev Will Senn:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have searched and searched and have not found a satisfactory 
>>> answer to this question:
>>>
>>> How can I efficiently copy files from my host system to unix version 
>>> 6 running in the pdp11 emulator and from unix 6 to my host system?
>> I usually do this by just tar'ing to/from a disk file, something like:
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>> on pdp11: tar cf /dev/rxp0c myfiles
>> on host: tar xf simh-disk-file
>>
>> Works both ways :-)
>>
>> -- Ragge
> Hi,
>
> This sounded promising, but as it turns out there appear to be 2 
> problems... 1. v6 doesn't have tar, and 2. it looks like v6 doesn't 
> have rx device support (floppies). Are you using v6 with tweaks, or 
> v7, or some other variant of unix?
Hm, it was some time ago, but I think it was tar.  Otherwise try cpio?
You do not have to use floppies.  rxp is the raw device for rp disks 
(avoids caching).  Just work against that file.

-- Ragge