cp from tspe a file...

Hello to everybody,
well, I'm a freshair to Unix and I try to understand the main idea of this O.S. During this tried to copy a huge file from one tape and I couldn't.
Can u please tell me how can I, because I tried to find something in the forums but nothing.....
I also tried and to the man list in the Unix but Icouldn't read from it because it runs too fast,,, any idea who can I read page by page these pages?????Too many queries isn't it????
Thanx anyway,

Please describe the exact error messages you get when you try to read the files from tape.

Well, i don't really know what the exact error message because I don't have the tape right now to try it, but when I get the tape I'll have to copy it emidiatelly so I have to know...can you please help me????

thanx!!:cool:

What OS and version are you running?

Well, thanks for your answear first of all,,,,
but I'm not sure,,, it must be a UNIX SVR4 operating system API of NCR system 3000.
Is that helps??????