Reading VMS backup tapes

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1 total messages Started by Daniel Baldoni Fri, 07 Jun 1991 01:29

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Author: Daniel Baldoni
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.

-- 
	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
--------------------------------------------+----------------------------------
"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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