According to Marshall I. Medoff:
>
> Help!
>
> I have a file created on a Unix machine that I need to read on my
> MPE/iX 5.0 machine.  The file is on a DDS Tape.  It was written using
> a specific application program not using tar, cpio or dd.  The logical
> record is 61 bytes with the 61st byte being a line feed (0Ah).  I have
> tried everything in my arsenal (COBOL) to read this tape.  Can anyone
> offer a suggestion as to what settings to use for file equations, file
> open options, and file access options?  I am also not afraid to use
> POSIX if someone were to offer a suggestion in that direction.
>
> TIA
>
> Marsh
>
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As others have said, you should be able to use FCOPY. However, if the
tape is written in blocks, then you will hae to tell FCOPY how to
deblock it. Do you know if the tape has a multiple record block?
 
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