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From: jensen@decwrl.UUCP (Paul Jensen)
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Subject: Re: vax/unix to vax/vms
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 16:27:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 29 16:27:30 1985
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I can think of 3 ways to do this, listed more or less in increasing
order of difficulty:

	o   install DEC/Shell on your VMS system.  This product provides
	    a Bourne Shell environment under VMS, and includes all the
	    common utilities, including tar.

	o   use dd to output your file to tape as fixed-length records
	    (assuming your data is text) and some reasonable length.
	    On the VMS side, $MOUNT/FOREIGN the tape and use the
	    $CONVERT/FDL utility to deblock the tape.  This is
	    messy but I have done it sucessfully in the past.

	o   write or acquire a unix-based utility that writes ANSI
	    labelled tapes.  I have heard that there are a couple of
	    programs like this floating around.  Be forwarned, however,
	    that the ANSI standard has loopholes & there is no guarantee
	    that one machine can read what another writes.

					--- Paul Jensen
					    Digital Equipment Corporation