ok! to windows? alas now for only a reasonable  tape drive to hook  to the
pc easily here....

ed sharpe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Sieler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HP3000 STORE/RESTORE dates


> Re:
>
> > I think LOTS of people are quite interested in knowing the STORE tape
> > format.  Keep this going until you really get your answer, please!
Stan?
>
> Over the years, we've put in a *lot* of effort to understand the
> STORE/RESTORE format.   :)
>
> Despite that, we've encourgaged/asked HP several times to publish the
> layout ... with no success.  :(
>
> In the case of file timestamps, IIRC, they're found in the tape copy
> of the disk file label for each file.  The layout for that is "FLAB_T",
> the field is "TIME_STAMPS", and the timetamps are indeed 64 bit integer
> number of microseconds since 1970-01-01.
>
>    :debug
>    symopen symos.osc75.telesup
>    ft "flab_t" m
>    c
>
> <plug>
> Much of that effort is coming out as part of our Rosetta STORE product,
> which will allow users to restore files from MPE STORE tapes (and
> ORBiT backup tapes) onto HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems.
> Rosetta can do neat things like restore IMAGE databases into Eloquence
> databases.
> </plug>
>
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