In <[log in to unmask]> Jim Wowchuk <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Rick Ehrhart ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > > tar is available on MPE 5.0 with the POSIX shell. You can tar to your > > hearts content between the 3000 and 9000. > > Is it correct that tar, like nfs, has no understanding of MPE-specific file > attributes (in particular the file label and user labels) and thus is not a > valid means for storing & restoring files between HP3000s? > > Can tar be extended to support these MPE file structures? > > "Why?", you ask. For one thing, it would be nice to tar, gzip, uuencode and > email (but do not fold, spindle or mutilate :). Even HP's FTP does not ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > currently support sending a file's user labels, does it? > > Does that leave DSCOPY and Quest's NBCOPY as the only commercial tools to > support full 3000 to 3000 file transfer. Oh and I guess Reflection's > Labeled file transfer format, if you want to do a Canadian Two-Step. :) On two HP3000's that I have access to, FTP transfers files (including user labels) just fine. ftp> put scrtflib.source 200 PORT command ok. 150 File: SCRTFLIB.SOURCE;REC=-80,64,F,ASCII;DISC=3496,2;CODE=555 opened; data connection will be opened 226 Transfer complete. 288464 bytes sent in 11.18 seconds (25.20 Kbytes/sec) Looking at the file on the other side I'm able to 'view' the user labels. Paul H. Christidis [log in to unmask]