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From: karl@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl Anderson)
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Subject: Re: "copytape" makes exact duplicates of most tapes -- Newer version?
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Date: 19 Mar 91 14:53:00 GMT
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In article <1991Mar19.061406.6519@leland.Stanford.EDU>,
buc@jessica.stanford.edu (Robert Richards) writes:
|> 
|> The program "copytape" makes exact duplicates of SUN 1/4" tapes and
|> DEC tapes and probably others.  This includes boot tapes.  Copytape
is
|> available by anonymous ftp from,
|> 
|> 	ftp.acsu.buffalo.edu                    ! in pub/copytape.tar
|> 	titan.rice.edu
|> 
|> However, "copytape" fails on tapes that contains files whose record
|> size changes in a file.  [stuff deleted]
|> 
|> Does anyone know of a modified "copytape" that can handle this
|> situation?
|> 

Does anyone know if "copytape" can, or will someday, copy SUN
distribution CDs
to tape?  This would be well-received following SMI's recent,
*ill-received*
(by me, at least) announcement that they will distribute software on CD
only.

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