I also received the following message from Ken Miller Thanks ww For DDS tapes we just use FCOPY. We put the source tape on another box on the net. Then open a DSLINE to that box. Then FILE TAPEIN;DEV=remotebox#TAPE;rec=8192,1,u,ascii;nobuf FILE TAPEOUT;DEV=TAPE;rec=8192,1,u,ascii;nobuf FCOPY FROM=*TAPEIN;TO=*TAPEOUT;FILES=ALL Then wait until we get error 143 (EOF) twice in a row with no more screen output. Then control-y, re-mount tape (use ONLINE from Allegro), and VALIDATE.PUBXL.TELESUP (if CM tape) or VSTORE (if NM tape). ********************* * Keven Miller KC7LYD * [log in to unmask] (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) * ICQ 5721825 *********************