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Subject:	Re: newbie question -storing a file from tape to disk -
From:	Ed King <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Ed King <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:08:46 +0000
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--- Original message from mag <[log in to unmask]>: ---
> Hi,
> 
> I have a tape that I'd like to store to a disk file.  I don't want to actually 
> restore the files to the system, I only want to kind of create an image of the 
> file on disk.  How do I do that?  
> 
> thanks

this is more of a question than an answer...   

does MPE have the Unix "dd" command or an equivalent?

on Linux I could make a disk image of a tape using a command such as...

dd bs=265b if=/dev/st0 of=/tmp/tape.img



--- Original message from Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>: ---
> Free: TAPECOPY
> http://www.allegro.com/software/hp3000/allegro.html#TAPECOPY
> (IIRC, there was at least one other free program, with the same limitations as 
> TAPECOPY)

is the source code for the TAPECOPY program available?


thanks,
Ed

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