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From: fsimmons@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Frank Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: backup utility
Keywords: backup
Message-ID: <256@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Date: 8 Mar 88 15:05:59 GMT
Organization: U. of Minnesota-Duluth, Computer Center
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 I have 2 questions:

  1) is it possible to list the contents of a tape without having written
     the tape?

  2) is it possible to extract a file from the tape without having put it
     there to begin with?

    I continually get tapes written in BACKUP format with no clue as to 
    the command(s) used to prepare the tape.