Kent Wallace wrote:
> I have stored a several accounts to disc, now I want to write (fcopy)the
> stored disc file to tape.  What is the file equation for the tape?
> 
> 
> I want to write this file to DLT 8000
> 
> ACCOUNT=  OBACKUP     GROUP=  PUB     
> 
> FILENAME  CODE  ------------LOGICAL RECORD-----------  ----SPACE----
>                   SIZE  TYP        EOF      LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX
> 
> BACK1     STORE   128W  FB    16776857   16776959   1 16776960  *  *
> 
> Do I just use:
> 
> FILE T;dev-tape;rec=128,100,f,acscii
> 
> FCOPY FOM=BACK1;TO=*T

I believe that will work just fine.
Of course, what this means is that to get the data from
the tape, you will need to use this file equation and FCOPY
to pull this file off. Then use RESTORE to access the files.

You could use TAPECOPY, which opens the disk file using mapped IO,
and writes the tape, allowing varying record sizes. This writes
to tape the way STORE would have. Allowing you to use
RESTORE to access the files from the tape.
(VSTORE also -- which would be good to verify the tape after creation)
(http://invent3k.external.hp.com/~MGR.MILLER/TAPECOPY.wrq) (v2.3)
(http://www.allegro.com/software/hp3000/allegro.html/TAPECOPY.std) (v2.9)

Now I just noticed your file's EOF.
I think that is too large for TAPECOPY -- see v2.9 text for limitations.
For something that large, you may need XCOPY or another Allegro utility.

Keven

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