williams@cac.stratus.com (04/23/91)
Does anyone know of (or advise me on how to write) a tape utility that creates IBM labeled tapes in ebcdic? I know that "dd" will convert my data from ascii to ebcdic but the what about the label format? --------- Eric Williams EMAIL: williams@zen.cac.stratus.com Stratus Computer Inc. FAX : (508) 480-9368 Marlboro, Ma. PHONE: (508) 460-2915
itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List) (04/24/91)
williams@cac.stratus.com writes: >Does anyone know of (or advise me on how to write) a tape utility that creates >IBM labeled tapes in ebcdic? I know that "dd" will convert my data from >ascii to ebcdic but the what about the label format? I've got a program I wrote a while back that creates these labels. Since the label(s) are separate files from the data, the program writes to a file which can then be put on the tape (using the /dev/n... device) using dd to do conversion. If anyone wants the program, just let me know. Steven -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ : Steven List @ Transact Software, Inc. :^>~ : : Chairman, Unify User Group of Northern California : : itkin@Transact.COM :
kleine@ira.uka.de (Karl Kleine) (05/04/91)
In article <1991Apr23.201322.5667@mrspoc.Transact.COM> steven@Transact.COM writes: >williams@cac.stratus.com writes: > >>Does anyone know of (or advise me on how to write) a tape utility that creates >>IBM labeled tapes in ebcdic? I know that "dd" will convert my data from >>ascii to ebcdic but the what about the label format? > >I've got a program I wrote a while back that creates these labels. ... I can offer another 'sltape' (standard labeled tape) utility that will process ANSI and IBM tapes. It reads and writes single-volume-multiple-files tapes with textual information (you could try binary, but i wouldn't guarantee anything for that) according to ANSI X3.27 and the IBM manual 'OS/VS Tape Labels', GC26-2795. Warning -- It's already a couple of years old, so if IBM changed significant portions :-(. But all my experiences were very well with sltape. Sltape handled both F and D format records, so you needn't write all those blanks to tape with dd. Anyhow, "Contact your IBM local branch office" are the words, just to get hold of that manual, or a newer version of it. The format is VERY similar to ANSI tapes, and how to get a copy of X3.27 (aka ISO-1001, ECMA-13 or DIN 66029) you certainly know, resp. your library knows... Please respond by email. Karl Kleine, FZI, Karlsruhe, Germany kleine@fzi.uka.de