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From: thornton@topo.UUCP (Ron Thornton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: BACKUP
Message-ID: <1074@topo.UUCP>
Date: 9 Mar 88 15:48:17 GMT
References: <262@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Reply-To: thornton@topo.UUCP (Ron Thornton)
Organization: GenRad Inc., Milpitas CA
Lines: 11
Keywords: backup

In article <262@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> fsimmons@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Frank Simmons) writes:
> Is it possible with the BACKUP command and its qualifiers to obtain a 
> listing of ALL save sets on a volume? Heretofore I have been re-issuing
> the $ BACKUP/LIST MUA0: command for every save set.

BACKUP creates a labeled format tape.  Do a normal mount of the tape (i.e.
leave off the /FOREIGN and supply the volume label) and get a directory listing
of the tape using your standard DCL directory command.  Just like disk based
save sets, you will find the file names are your save set names.

	-Ron-