but you can use FCOPY to deal with labelled tapes.  copy contents to another
(unlabelled) tape, or just to disk (disc?), then proceed with your tar
functions vs the result.

good luck, no i didn't try it, no ansi labelled tapes to play with.

Tracy Pierce

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Bixby [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:29 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: tar 101
>
>
> If ANSI labels are involved, you have just exceeded my own
> limited personal
> experience with tar tapes on MPE.
>
> - Mark B.
>
> John Burke wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
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