Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:31006 comp.unix.admin:1732 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!kleine From: kleine@ira.uka.de (Karl Kleine) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Creating IBM Labeled Tapes Keywords: tape, ebcdic Message-ID: <1991May3.190436.23379@ira.uka.de> Date: 3 May 91 19:04:36 GMT References: <5178@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> <1991Apr23.201322.5667@mrspoc.Transact.COM> Sender: Karl Kleine Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG Lines: 26 In article <1991Apr23.201322.5667@mrspoc.Transact.COM> steven@Transact.COM writes: >williams@cac.stratus.com writes: > >>Does anyone know of (or advise me on how to write) a tape utility that creates >>IBM labeled tapes in ebcdic? I know that "dd" will convert my data from >>ascii to ebcdic but the what about the label format? > >I've got a program I wrote a while back that creates these labels. ... I can offer another 'sltape' (standard labeled tape) utility that will process ANSI and IBM tapes. It reads and writes single-volume-multiple-files tapes with textual information (you could try binary, but i wouldn't guarantee anything for that) according to ANSI X3.27 and the IBM manual 'OS/VS Tape Labels', GC26-2795. Warning -- It's already a couple of years old, so if IBM changed significant portions :-(. But all my experiences were very well with sltape. Sltape handled both F and D format records, so you needn't write all those blanks to tape with dd. Anyhow, "Contact your IBM local branch office" are the words, just to get hold of that manual, or a newer version of it. The format is VERY similar to ANSI tapes, and how to get a copy of X3.27 (aka ISO-1001, ECMA-13 or DIN 66029) you certainly know, resp. your library knows... Please respond by email. Karl Kleine, FZI, Karlsruhe, Germany kleine@fzi.uka.de