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Article #1941Reading VMS backup tapes
From: Daniel Baldoni
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1991 01:29
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1991 01:29
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Some time ago, Sven-Ove Westberg posted a program which will read VMS
backup tapes on UNIX machines. I compiled this beast on our VAX-785
running Ultrix 3.0 (Rev 64) - no problems.
The only problem is the only output I can ever get is:
Volume: BACKUP
Saveset name: BACKUP. number: 1
End of tape
My question is: How can I get this beast to read the tapes? Neither
an e(x)tract or (t)able of contents gives me any more output - regardless
of the other switches I supply.
I don't know enough (read anything) about tape ioctl's so the code is
a bit beyond me.
Also, my attempts to mail the author have proven unsuccessful.
So if you can help, please MAIL any replies to me as I don't actually read
this newsgroup. Thanks in advance.
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Daniel Baldoni
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Daniel Baldoni
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Phone: +61-9-351-7667 | School of Computing Science,
InterNet: flint@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au | Curtin University of Technology,
UUCP: I have absolutely NO idea! | GPO Box U1987,
ARPA: flint%cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au | Perth,
... @uunet.UU.NET | Western Australia, 6001
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"Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human
being would even consider trying it, they send for me"
- Belgarion, "King of the Murgos" by David Eddings
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cc.curtin.edu.au!cutmcvax!flint From: flint@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Daniel Baldoni) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Reading VMS backup tapes Keywords: VMS, backup, tapes, UNIX, Ultrix Message-ID: <flint.676258192@cutmcvax> Date: 7 Jun 91 01:29:52 GMT Sender: news@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Usenet News System) Organization: Curtin University of Technology, Computing Science Lines: 48 Nntp-Posting-Host: cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au