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Subject: non-vms tape copy
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 13:00:00 EST
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DEC had some good documentation describing operations on foreign tapes using
the COPY utility, but dropped it from the V4 doc set.  You should be able
to MOUNT/FOREIGN both tapes (and you will need to specify the size of the
largest record with /RECORDSIZE) and then do a COPY MTA0: MTA1: for each file
on the input tape.  Finally, DISMOUNT.  This should get you an exact copy of
the input tape.

Note: If the input tape includes header and/or trailer labels similar to
ANSI labels which are separated by EOF marks (such as IBM standard labels),
the labels must be counted as "files" for the purpose of determining how many
COPY operations to perform.

Caveat: I make misteaks.  DUMP the tape copy, or something, to verify that
it works.
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