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From: ANK@CUNYVMS1.BITNET.UUCP
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Subject: tapes etc.
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Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 23:50:00 EST
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There is a tape that was made in VMS format and files ciopied into it

When we mounted it and copied from mtb0: to drb0: it increased tenfold.

I tried the convert/fdl but it did not work ? the basic info is as follows

on tape if we do a DIRECT/FULL it gives the file structure as follows:


Directory MTB0:[]

MODEL_7.DAT;2                 File ID:  (1,1,1)
Size:          129/129        Owner:    [261,4]
Created:  28-DEC-1985 00:00   Revised:   <None specified>
Expires:   <None specified>   Backup:    <No backup done>
File organization:  Sequential
File attributes:    Allocation: 129, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0, Version
limit: 0
Record format:      Variable length, maximum 73 bytes
Record attributes:  Carriage return carriage control, Non-spanned
Journaling enabled: None
File protection:    System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RWED, World:RWED
Access Cntrl List:  None

but after coping by straight COPY MTB0:*.* DRB2:*.*

SIZE increases 30 times so does the allocation.

We cannot afford to have 2000 blocks translate to 43000 blocks over 8 files
since we have over 500 user accounts in our VAX11/780

                                                Thanks

                                                Anil Khullar
                                        {Ph.D. Program in Psychology
                                         City Univ. Graduate Center.
                                            New York NY 10036}
                                        ank%cunyvms1.BITNET@wiscvm.edu