[Info-vax] STARTREK.BCK Restore - How?

[Bob Gezelter]

On Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 6:54:08 PM UTC-4, rsgo... at gmail.com wrote:
> I downloaded a saveset(I think) of StarTrek for VMS.
> 
> 1. Downloaded StarTrek.zip from openvms hobbyist.com
> 
> 2. Transferred the file to my VMS 7.3 system (SIMH, emulating a VAX)
> 
> 3. Unzipped the file, creating StarTrek.bck.
> 
> Now, here's where the fun starts...
> 
> No matter what variant of BACKUP I use with the SELECT= parameter, I keep getting the %BACKUP-W-NOFILES, no files selected from... message.
> 
> Has anyone successfully restored these files? What the heck am I doing wrong?
> How did you do this? 
> 
> Shawn Goodin
> 
> "and to think, 35 years ago, I was a VMS system manager"

Shawn,

As a start, try a BACKUP/LIST STARTREK.BCK/SAVE_SET.  What does that listing look like?

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com