Tracy,

You can't directly change a tape label. You must scratch it first, then you
can create a new one.

:file t;dev=7;NOLABEL
:fcopy from=$null;to=*t
<<reply to message on console that its OK to erase expired label>>
:file t;dev=7;label=MYLABEL,IBM
:fcopy from=$null;to=*t
<<reply to console message to create tape label>>

Thanks to Jeff Woods for reminding me that FROM=$NULL works better than
defaulting to $STDLIST because FCOPY won't "complain" that your from and to
files don't have matching characteristics.

Doug.

Doug Werth                             Beechglen Development Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Pierce" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 2:37 PM
Subject: IBM labelled tapes


> Does anyone know off the top how to CHANGE the label on an IBM-labeled
tape?
> We keep getting them back with different labels than they had when we sent
> them out!
>
> (Don't ask why we're still using 9-track & USPS to deliver data, please!)
>
> K Tracy Pierce, Systems Programmer
> Golden Gate Bridge, Hwy & Trnsp Dist
> PO Box 9000, Presidio Station
> San Francisco, CA  94129-0601
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
> 415-923-2266