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In article <DRACK.91Jun26105055@diablo.titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu>, drack@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Dave Rackley) writes:
> I have an upcoming need to read a 9-track tape written by a Unix box by
> a VMS machine.  Is there a TAR utility available for VMS.
> 
> What are your recommendations for handling this data transfer?
> 
> Why do this?  It's a requirement from a government agency!
> Thanks in advance,
>
>   DISCLAIMER:  I, hereby, disclaim any disclaimer except this disclaimer.  

I have two versions of TAR for VMS:

One, called simply "TAR", which is rather robust, requires a PASCAL compiler,
(it's written in PASCAL, MACRO, and uses the command definition utility,
as well as the MESSAGE utility), and _should_ be available at your your
favorite VMSSERVE site, as well as {black|white}.cerritos.edu. 

The other one I have is called VMSTAR and the latest version I have is 1.5.
it works rather unix-like, if that matters to you.

I do not know which is "better", or even if there is a better one. 
I've banged on TAR pretty hard, and it only broke in a couple of cases,
and i banged on VMSTAR 1.1 hard, with the same results. I have not
worked with VMSTAR 1.5 at all. VMSTAR should be available from a VMSSERV
site or the above ftp site.

-cgw-

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