Josh Fredrickson writes:

>>> Josh Fredrickson <[log in to unmask]> 12/14/98 04:14pm >>>
Anybody know how to create a foreign tape (Dat 1.3gig) on an
Hp3000/932
running MPE4.0?  I want to put an ASCII file on a tape that a Unix machine
can read.  However, if  I use the "store" command, HP will store on a
tape
in MPE format.  FTP is out of the question with MPE 4.0

Any takers?

Thanks.

Josh
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You can't use store because of the proprietary data it writes on the
tape.  However you can use FCOPY.

:FILE T;DEV=TAPE;REC=-NNN,1,F,ASCII
:FCOPY FROM=DISCFILE;TO=*T

This should be all you need.  We regularly swap tapes in each direction
with our AS/400.  However one potential problem.  We swap tapes to
and from AS/400 and to outside firms probably running MVS, however
the tapes are 9-track reel to reel.  These tapes are always
interchangeable from system to system.  Can the same be said for DDS
tapes even from a 3000 to a 9000, let alone some unknown brand UNIX
machine?

Mike Berkowitz
Guess? Inc.