Hi all,

I am new here, and new to the HP as well.  I have a few questions about what
I have seen here and what I have not been able to look up in the HP's online
doc CD ROM, so please bear with me.

The first question:  TAR - I know this is a Tape ARchive utility, I have a
tape that was made on an HP running UNIX that made the tape using TAR, It
contains a file I need to run a conversion with.  I am running on an HP3000
929-020, MPE/ix Ver 6.0 with Power Patch 1.   All I can find on the CD-ROM
is how to check to see if TAR has been set up with your tape drive.  This I
was able to do and it is, and that is all I can find, in the same blurb it
was stated it was part of POSIX.  I have the commands used to create the
tape, and I managed to find a UNIX for dummies book at work that explains
the options for extracting the file, but I'm not sure where it will extract
it to, and if I will need to do another conversion called FROMBYTE, to be
able to work with the file.  The file is an ASCII file.

The second question: POSIX - Is this a shell that runs over MPE/IX?  Can it
be invoked on a user by user basis, or is it system wide and requires a
reboot?  How do I tell if it is available on our system to run?  Does it
require an additional license to run?  Where can I find more information on
it, or once it starts, is online help available, and if so how is it?

Thanks in advance for all responses.

Frank Girard
J. Baker Inc.
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