[Info-vax] Copying VMS SaveSet Under Windows

[Michael Kraemer]

Bob Eager schrieb:

> 
> Not really. An ANSI tape consists merely of blocks and tape marks. Some 
> of the blocks are quite small and contain the filenames, labels, etc., 
> and some contain data. One merely has to read them, store each block at 
> its correct size, and store the mini-blocks that make up the tape marks. 
> ANSI is irrelevant; 

no it's not.
If I want to read an ANSI tape "properly"
this implies I want to lookup the files by name
or maybe I would copy all files to disk preserving
name and date, etc. That's the extra information
ANSI tapes provide. Otherwise I wouldn't use
ANSI tapes.
But for dealing with ANSI tapes this way,
you'd have to look closer into the header/trailer files,
this doesn't come free on most Unices, except for
those with "ltf" on board.

> that simply dictates the size and contents of the 
> blocks.
> 
> Oh, and I've done it. A long time ago, mind.