[mod.computers.vax] DUMPER32 utility

macmillan%wnre.aecl.cdn%ubc.CSNET@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA.UUCP (06/10/86)

Does anyone have a working copy of the DUMPER32 utility to read TOPS-10
backup tapes on a VMS system? An EXE file would be appreciated. The
version received from the DEC integration tools clearinghouse produces
this message:

$ RUN DUMPER32
%CLI-F-SYNTAX, error parsing 'BLOCKING_FACTOR'
-CLI-E-ENTNF, specified entity not found in command tables
%TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
module name     routine name                     line       rel PC    abs PC
                                                           7FFA936A  7FFA936A
                                                           7FFA9170  7FFA9170
                                                           7FFA8C9D  7FFA8C9D
                                                           00007FAA  00007FAA
PARSER          ELEMENT_IS_PRESENT               1536      00000013  00007E95
PARSER          PAR$PARSE_QUALIFIERS              907      00000014  00007B46
DUMPER          DUMPER_MAIN                      1182      00000040  00004640
$

John MacMillan
Atomic Energy of Canada
Whiteshell Nuclear research establishment
Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada
R0E 1L0

(204) 753-2311 ext. 2539

rmcqueen@sitvxb.BITNET (Robert C McQueen) (06/11/86)

The DUMPER32 utility on the DEC integration tools clearinghouse produces
the error because you have to define the command for the utility first.
You can define the command via the DCL command SET COMMAND.  The .CLD
file for DUMPER32 should be included on the tape.

Robert McQueen
Stevens Institute of Technology
BITNET: RMCQUEEN@SITVXA
ARPA: RMCQUEEN%SITVXA.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU

LEICHTER-JERRY@YALE.ARPA (06/13/86)

    [The author of the original message reported the following error while
     trying to run DUMPER32 from the DEC Integration Tools Clearinghouse.]

    $ RUN DUMPER32
    %CLI-F-SYNTAX, error parsing 'BLOCKING_FACTOR'
    -CLI-E-ENTNF, specified entity not found in command tables
    %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
	....
This error message most likely means that DUMPER32 expects to be started up
via a DCL command line, and get its parameters from that line.  If you simply
RUN the program, the DCL command line buffer contains nothing meaningful, and
the program gets back garbage.

Somewhere in your distribution, there should be a file called something like
DUMPER32.CLD.  This is the command language definition for DUMPER32; you
should do a SET COMMAND DUMPER32 (or whatever the name is).  Then use the
DCL command so defined to start up DUMPER32.  There should be documentation
somewhere on the kit to tell you what the command line should look like -
perhaps a help file is included.  Failing that, stare at the .CLD a bit; they
are usually pretty easy to read.
							-- Jerry
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