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Re: NETDATA to TAPE without Disk

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From: Scott (nmi) Mattes
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1992 18:02
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1992 09:35:16 PST Dwight M. McCann said:
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>...... stuff to Paul deleted ........
>
>Scott,
>   Thanks for the pointer to SHOWFILE.  I will request it shortly.  Does
>it require that the entire file be in memory simultaneously?  That is, does
>it read the whole file into memory prior to outputting it to some device?
>Does it give control over buffer sizes on tape?  Does it handle standard
>labelled tapes?  Can two or more output devices be specified for a single
>input?  Should I RTFM rather than asking all these questions on the list?

  I'm afraid you'll have to read the doc/code in the package, since I
have not.  At least it comes with code.

Scott       | No success can compensate for failure in the home. David O. McKay
Mattes      | President 1951-70, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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