On 97-03-09 19:09:53 EST, [log in to unmask] (Bruce Toback) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm hoping for some answers to some mundane questions, all having to do
> with switching from 9-track tape to DAT.
>
>1. Tape labels.
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>
> 2. :STORE listings.
>
> Maybe this is an anachronism, but I always print a listing when I do a
> backup. With 9-track tapes, these were easy to store, but with DATs, the
> tapes and listings are always getting separated. The listings are most
> useful for old tapes, when I'm likely to be looking for the latest
> version of some file that was purged last year because I knew I'd never
> need it again. Does anyone have a handy system for dealing with this?
> or should we just quit printing the listings (about 75 physical pages)?
>
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>
> -- Bruce

I have setup the backup job stdlist [and many other jobs] using mpex to
capture the stdlist spool file and append it to a large circular file in a
special group [stdlist and stdlistx].  I just do an mpex print search to find
the files or copy the circular file to standard file and use quad.  More info
if you need it.

Chuck Duncan
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