Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ames!sdcsvax!sdcc6!mplvax!cdl From: cdl@mplvax.nosc.MIL (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: comp.org.decus Subject: Re: UniSig Tape Message-ID: <694@mplvax.nosc.MIL> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 10:49:35 EST Article-I.D.: mplvax.694 Posted: Fri Dec 4 10:49:35 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Dec-87 03:41:50 EST References: <693@mplvax.nosc.MIL> <19337@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.nosc.mil.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) Organization: U.C. San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory Lines: 24 In article <19337@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes: +| This is your UNISIG Librarian speaking. There has been a UNISIG tape +| in existence since the previous DECUS symposium (Spring '87). It has +| been submitted both to the DECUS library and to the LUG tape distribution +| tree, and should be available from either. +| +| However, to my knowledge, neither of these places has figured out how to +| copy a 'tar' tape using a VMS system, so they are all stalling. I hope + +Maybe they should get DEC/Shell if they can't get a Decus tar. (DEC/Shell +comes with a tar program) + +Mike Khaw +internet: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa +usenet: {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|uw-beaver}!mkhaw%teknowledge-vaxc.arpa I didn't say they could not read and understand a 'tar' tape. I said they could not copy one. That is, make an image copy of a tape with the complicated file structure consisting of a large number of 10240-byte records followed by two file marks. -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax} !sdcsvax!mplvax!cdl