Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mimsy!eneevax!umdhep From: umdhep@eneevax.UUCP (Todd Aven) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.org.decus Subject: Re: reading Unix tar tapes on a VMS system... Message-ID: <552@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 17:06:15 EST Article-I.D.: eneevax.552 Posted: Wed Jan 7 17:06:15 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 00:03:53 EST References: <2014@adobe.UUCP> <1891@ncoast.UUCP> Reply-To: umdhep@eneevax.UUCP (Todd Aven) Distribution: comp Organization: Elec. Eng. Dept., U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Lines: 18 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.dec:38 comp.org.decus:43 There are two VMS-based tar readers, one of which also has a tar writer. gordon@uw-june(.arpa?) FORTRAN reader only penstone@qucdnee1.bitnet C reader and writer I've used Gordon Davisson's FORTRAN version to read the BSD4.3 tape successfully (I modified the program a little to expand subdirectories and handle file names more appropriately under VMS4.4). I've used Sid Penstone's reader on the BSD tape. I wrote a tar file onto my disk and read it successfully with both readers. Make of that what you will, but I haven't actually tried to read using UNIX tar. Regards, Todd Aven the Softwear Sweatshop (301)345-1692