knutson%sw.MCC.COM@mcc.com (Jim Knutson) (05/17/89)
If a copy of ansitar can't be found, I have a copy that I'll send to
the archives. The original was posted to net.sources in Nov. '84 by
eager@amd.uucp (Mike Eager). Here's part of the man page:
NAME
ANSITAR - a program to read and write ANSI labeled tapes
SYNOPSIS
ansitar [crxtvblnf] [blocksize] [labelsize] [filecount] file
DESCRIPTION
Ansitar is a program which reads and writes ANSI format
labelled tapes. Its options are similar to tar:
c create a tape
r replace (update) a tape
x extract files
t print table of contents
v set verbose mode: for crx, print names; for t print
labels
0-9 select drive 0-9 (default 0)
b use next argument as a block size (default is 2048
bytes)
B use next argument as tape block size, and following
argument as line size (for blocking/unblocking)
l use next arg as a label size
U select upper(out)/lower(in) case translation of
names
R use RT11 label and name conventions (UGH!)
S use RSTS conventions (==RT11 except 80-byte labels)
P create/read files in "pip" (FILES-11) counted for-
mat.
D read variable length records (D format)
n do not rewind tape at completion of processing
f use next argument as number of files to search for t
or x options. Ignored if file names specified.
The filename may contain * to indicate a wild card; however,
the asterisk should be enclosed in quotes to prevent the
shell from interpreting it.
Jim Knutson
knutson@mcc.com
cs.utexas.edu!milano!knutson