FYI

mYLAbel can only be six characters long.

David Knispel
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Backus <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: FCOPY and Tapes


> I came across the following notes:
>
> To created a binary, unlabeled IBM tape:
> FILE T;DEV=TAPE;REC=-100,1,F;DEN=6250
> FCOPY FROM=filename;TO=*T;EBCDICOUT
>
> To create a labeled tape version of the above:
> FILE L;DEV=TAPE;LABEL=mYLAbel,IBM;REC=-100,1,F;DEN=6250  (label is case
> sensitive!)
> FCOPY FROM=filename;TO=*L;EBCDICOUT
>
> > It's been a long time since I had to move tapes between 3000s and IBMs,
> but
> > I thought (and could very well be wrong) that HP systems could only
read,
> > not write IBM tape labels.  3000s can both read and wite ANSI labels.
>
> John Backus
> Beechglen Development, Inc.
> www.beechglen.com