Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!mcvax!jim From: jim@mcvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Using Labelled MagTapes Message-ID: <5237@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jun-83 23:42:18 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.5237 Posted: Sun Jun 26 23:42:18 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 04:35:35 EDT References: <2351@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Math.Centre, Amsterdam Lines: 12 I was at a local Dutch UNIX meeting on Friday, and a talk was given by Dick Grune of the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam (mcvax!vu44!dick) about a set of programs he has written which handle ANSI standard tapes, let you copy a tape to a disk-file and back without knowing the format of the tape, etc. We use it here for copying distribution tapes for the European UNIX Systems User Group. Jim McKie ....decvax!mcvax!jim ...philabs!mcvax!jim