mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) (06/11/91)
Archive-name: hardware/tapes/copytape/1991-06-06 Archive: ftp.acsu.buffalo.edu:/pub/copytape.tar [128.205.7.9] Original-posting-by: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) Original-subject: Re: Tape I/O Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) In article <91155.144949JGROVER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, JGROVER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (John Grover) writes: > Here at the U of Maine, we (the computing center) receive Ultrix > distributions from DEC which we then have to turn around and supply > to others on campus. Since we don't like to let the tapes out of our > grubby mitts, we need to be able to copy from one tape to another > and, of course, have the resulting tape usable by the recipient. > Further, we would like to be able to copy from tapes of one type to > another, and even to disk (so we might FTP to a non-local site.) I > have been trying to do this using dd, but I have run into several > snags, and don't feel comfortable about the results so far. Are > there tape utilities out there that will let me investigate what > format a tape is in (dump? tar?) as well as block and record sizes. You probably should look at copytape; it does almost exactly what you're asking for. The version I have has a header saying /* * COPYTAPE.C * * This program duplicates magnetic tapes, preserving the * blocking structure and placement of tape marks. * * This program was updated at * * U.S. Army Artificial Intelligence Center * HQDA (Attn: DACS-DMA) * Pentagon * Washington, DC 20310-0200 * * Phone: (202) 694-6900 * ************************************************** * * THIS PROGRAM IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN * ************************************************** * * July 1986 David S. Hayes * Made data file format human-readable. * * April 1985 David S. Hayes * Original Version. */ I don't know where it can be obtained from; if I wanted an up-to-date copy I'd ask archie. der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu -- comp.archives file verification ftp.acsu.buffalo.edu -rw-r--r-- 1 305 10 32768 Mar 25 04:34 /pub/copytape.tar found copytape ok ftp.acsu.buffalo.edu:/pub/copytape.tar