Danny wrote...
>Thanks for the pointer to "help" though Lars, will be checking it also
>from now on.

Hmmm. Maybe you should also check the man pages on my system, in addition
to man and help on your system. I cannot explain why (which patch), but on
"my" 5.5 machine (with Express/PowerPatch C.55.07 installed) it goes...

 shell/iX> head /SYS/PUB/HPSWINFO
 *******************************************************************
 **                                                               **
 **              *** MPE/iX Mit 5.5 C.55.00  ***                  **
 **                                      POWERPATCH C5507 P5      **
 **              TUE, JUL 16, 1996,  1:27 PM                      **
 **                                                               **
 **     LIST OF HEWLETT PACKARD COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS      **
 **              INTEGRATED FOR DATECODE : '3628'                 **
 **                                                               **
 *******************************************************************

 shell/iX> man tar

     tar(1)                MPE/iX Shell and Utilities                tar(1)
     ______________________________________________________________________

     NAME
          tar -- USTAR-compatible tape archiver to copy and back up files

     SYNOPSIS
          tar -c[#sAbfvwlzU] [-V volpat] [tapefile] [blocksize] file ...
          tar -r[#sbfvwlzU] [-V volpat] [tapefile] [blocksize] file ...
          tar -t[#sAbfvzU] [-V volpat] [tapefile] [blocksize] [file ...]
          tar -u[#sbfvwlzU] [-V volpat] [tapefile] [blocksize] file ...
          tar -x[#sAbfvwpmozU] [-V volpat] [tapefile] [blocksize] [file
          ...]

     DESCRIPTION

[snip]

          want.  Other possible options in the option string are:

          A    toggles the use of MPE attributes by the -c, -t, and -x
               options. When you specify this option with the -c or -x
               option, MPE attributes are not stored or restored, respec-
               tively.  When you specify it with the -t option, MPE attri-
               butes are displayed.

          b    sets the number of 512-byte blocks used for tape archive
               read/write operations to blocksize. The blocksize argument

[snip]

Strange. Maybe I opened a can of worms here. I also stand corrected ;-)

Lars.