> MPE/iX supports device link files. As a result, you can use
> utilities like tar
> and pax to read and write
> tapes directly. Use the mknod command to create a device link
> to the desired
> device destination. For
> example,
>
>       :MKNOD "/dev/TAPE7 c 0 7"
>
> creates the device link file /dev/TAPE7. Now you can use the command
>
>       tar -xvf /dev/TAPE7
>
> in the shell.
> -----end-----
>
> Instead of tar xvf, which actually extracts all of the files
> on the tape, you
> would want to use tvf to just see a listing of what's on the tape.

I did exactly this; however in my case I used

MKNOD "/dev/TAPE8 c 0 8"

and

tar -xvf /dev/TAPE8

I get the reply request on the console:

[10]:?11:21/#S345/73/IS "TAPE8" ON LDEV#8 (Y/N)?

I respond :reply 73,y

and the question just repeats. Could the problem have something to do with
the ANSI standard label on the tape: A00002(ANSI) as displayed in a showdev?

John

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