04-Jun-2004 DBS-TAPEUTILS This package contains three tape utilities. They can be run via a foreign command or a RUN command. The only documentation available at present is the .CARD file for the TAPE_DUMP program which is in the form of a quick reference card, and the LIB$TPARSE command tables as found in the source code. TAPE_DUMP can be used to examine tapes (mounted or unmounted) and can be used to get past bad spots on tapes if you need to salvage data (this is only available on those devices that allow it). The contents of the tape can be displayed in ascii or hex or both. ASCII to EBCDIC conversion can also be done. TAPE_ERASE will write zeros over the entire length of the tape. The tape must be mounted. TAPE_EXER will write a pattern over the entire length of a tape then read it back and verify it. The tape must be mounted. To build from source or to relink you will need the DBS-BUILD_LIBRARIES package and you will need to define a LNK$LIBRARY logical to point to either SYS_OBJECTS.OLB or DBSSYSRTL.OLB. Contents: --------- File Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAAREADME.1ST This file. FREEWARE_README.TXT [.DOC] -- The documenation -- MAKE_DOC.COM TAPE_DUMP.CARD "Quick Reference" Card for TAPE_DUMP. TAPE_DUMP.MEM TAPE_DUMP.RNO TAPE_DUMP.TITLE_PAGE [.EXE] -- The executables -- TAPE_DUMP.ALPHA_EXE TAPE_DUMP.IPF_EXE TAPE_DUMP.VAX_EXE TAPE_ERASE.ALPHA_EXE TAPE_ERASE.IPF_EXE TAPE_ERASE.VAX_EXE TAPE_EXER.ALPHA_EXE TAPE_EXER.IPF_EXE TAPE_EXER.VAX_EXE [.OBJ] -- The objects -- LINK_TAPEUTILS.COM TAPE_DUMP.ALPHA_OBJ TAPE_DUMP.IPF_OBJ TAPE_DUMP.VAX_OBJ TAPE_ERASE.ALPHA_OBJ TAPE_ERASE.IPF_OBJ TAPE_ERASE.VAX_OBJ TAPE_EXER.ALPHA_OBJ TAPE_EXER.IPF_OBJ TAPE_EXER.VAX_OBJ [.SRC] -- The source -- BUILD_TAPEUTILS.COM TAPE_DUMP.MAR TAPE_ERASE.FOR TAPE_EXER.FOR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following VMS and compiler versions were used: VAX Alpha Itanium VMS 7.3 7.3-2 8.1 FORTRAN 6.6-201 7.6-3276 T8.0-3804 MACRO 5.4-3 4.1-18 T1.0-77 Any bug reports (or fixes), comments, suggestions etc. should be directed to me at the address below. Dave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- David B Sneddon (dbs) OpenVMS Systems Programmer dbsneddon@bigpond.com DBS software at ... http://www.users.bigpond.com/dbsneddon/software.htm