[Info-vax] Copying VMS SaveSet Under Windows

[Michael Kraemer]

Johnny Billquist schrieb:
> On 2010-11-21 20:50, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> 
>> JF Mezei schrieb:
>>
>>> About ANSI tapes:
>>>
>>> Question: does the tape drive itself signal end of file and end of tape
>>> ? Or just end of tape ?
>>>
>>> or does the tape automatically skip inter block gaps and return block
>>> after block, with only end of tape being signaled ?
>>
>>
>> there's nothing magic about ANSI tapes.
>>  From the tape drive's (and UNIX') point of view,
>> the files on tape are still sacks of bytes,
>> separated by single tape marks, and a double tape
>> mark signals the EOT.
> 
> 
> Um. Now that was a lie if I ever saw one. :-)

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Don't tell me stories about Unix and tape.
Dealt with it already two decades ago and
quite successful I think.
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