[comp.os.vms] QIOW vs labeled tape answers

ZSYJKAA@WYOCDC1.BITNET (Jim Kirkpatrick 307 766-5303) (02/12/88)

I want to thank folks who responded to my query a while back about using
QIOW to write blocks on a labeled tape.  As it finally turned out I simply
needed to add the FIB$M_WRITE flag to the FIB.  The error message
"file not accessed on channel" certainly was misleading.  Also, I have no
idea why it took nearly 2 weeks for my question to get onto Info-Vax.
Somebody out there is holding things up and I'd sure like to hear an excuse.