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Subject: Subject: moving files VMS - UNIX
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Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 17:48:03 EDT
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From: Tony Li 

    From:        Per_Lindberg_QZ%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA

    I need to move files between a VAX with VMS and another with
    UNIX. One way to do this is to run some UNIX-emulator under VMS
    (e.g. EUNICE) and read/write tapes with tar. This seems like
    overkill to me, however. Isn't there any program under VMS that
    can read/write tar-tapes? (Or a program under UNIX that can handle
    VMS backup-tapes?)

Both of these program exist.  A vmstape utility recently made the
rounds on net.sources, and a tar reader has been available on the net
for a while.  I haven't had to use either (we have TCP running), so I
can't vouch for their correctness.

Cheers, 
Tony ;-)