[Info-vax] Compressed backup summary information retrieval

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On Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 4:35:15 PM UTC-4, Rich Jordan wrote:
> I would just like to say that I wish whoever decided that a backup saveset's summary information data should be compressed when the backup was performed with compression enabled... well... wish they had left the summary block info alone. 
> 
> Going to have to use a backup/list pipe and search for the date and blocksize lines. 
> 
> Is there a quick and easy way to just read the first block or two and decompress it? The backup lists take a lot longer to run that just plucking the data data out of the summary and converting it
I haven't tried this, but the docs suggest that this should work...

Try BACKUP/LIST x.sav/sav nl:/confirm

This should list what you are looking for and prompt for what to do with the first file waiting for a response.  Ctrl-Y out of it at that point.

Dan