Dan Barnes wrote: >Using Mike's suggestion, I get the following..... > >fcopy from=*t;to;char;hex >HP31900A.05.04 FILE COPIER (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1999 > >*T RECORD 0 (%0, #0) > >0000: 4455 4D4D 5920 4649 4C45 2054 4F20 494E DUMMY FILE TO IN >0008: 4954 4941 4C49 5A45 2054 4845 2054 4D53 ITIALIZE THE TMS >0010: 2041 5243 4849 5641 4C20 5441 5045 5320 ARCHIVAL TAPES >0018: 544D 4152 3031 2041 4E44 2054 4D41 5230 TMAR01 AND TMAR0 >0020: 3220 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2 >EOF FOUND IN FROMFILE AFTER RECORD 0 > >1 RECORD PROCESSED *** 0 ERRORS > > > Tapes can contain multiple files with EOF markers as separators. You can tell FCOPY to skip over this "DUMMY FILE" fcopy from=*t;to;char;hex;skipeof=2 for more info/examples: http://docs.hp.com/en/32212-90008/ch05s21.html Mike * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *