Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!caen!b-tech!ais.org!jph From: jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: VMS Larn Message-ID: Date: 12 Jan 91 19:31:14 GMT References: <9101091453.AA16495@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca> <1991Jan11.131442.15463@news.iastate.edu> Sender: jph@ais.org Organization: UMCC, Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 38 In article <1991Jan11.131442.15463@news.iastate.edu> skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) writes: >In article <9101091453.AA16495@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca> tjhayko@THUNDER.LAKEHEADU.CA writes: >> >> >>I've pulled a file that appears to be Larn for VMS (my boss wants it for our >>750), but I can't seem to figure out how to extract the files. The file is >>on ab20.larc.nasa.gov in /incoming/larn and it is called VMS_Larn12.2.BCK_Z. >>Could somebody tell me what to use to extract the files? Thanks, and sorry >>for posting an unrelated topic to comp.sys.amiga > > The _Z tells you that the file is compressed (probably on a VAX but >you should be able to use Unix uncompress too). The .BCK extension tells >you that the file is a BACKUP saveset. To Larn more (Sorry, couldn't resist), >type "help backup" under VMS. Being the one who put Larn on ab20 in the first place, I recommend this: 1) FTP to ccvax.iastate.edu (yeah, -MB-'s machine...) and get LZDCMP.EXE. 2) install that on your system. 3) Type LZDCMP VMS_LARN.BCK_Z LARN.BCK (you'll HAVE to rename it...) 4) Type BACKUP/REPLACE LARN.BCK/SAVE [.LARN] 5) Get in there and read the docs, make some changes, and when done, type MMS (similar to UNIX make) Remember to get your termcap set properly. > > >-- > >-- George L. Skank |skank@iastate.edu >Fast cars, fast women, fast computers...| >(not necessarily in that order) | -- // Joseph Hillenburg, Secretary, Bloomington Amiga Users Group \X/ joseph@valnet.UUCP jph@irie.ais.org jph@ai.mit.edu "Only Apple could slow down a 68030 chip" --Computer Shopper