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From: jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Can REL files be copied?
Keywords: REL, rel, copy, fnord, 1571, 1581
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Date: 10 Apr 89 21:07:54 GMT
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In comp.sys.cbm article <10180@ihlpb.ATT.COM>, mrios@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Rios) wrote:
](That's easy.  Feed KERMIT 2.2 to the line eater to DISTRACT it.)

What?

]My friend and I run a BBS (the Meltdown, (312)665-9732).  That is to say, we
]run it when it isn't crashing left and right.  One of the problems that we
]have is making a backup of the system.  We'd like to be able to back up
]specific files, most notable the file containing users' information.  This
]file, much to our dismay, is a REL file (along with a few others we'd like
]to copy).

Ah, yes.  UNI-COPY pads REL records with carriage returns; this is a
real pain for programs that NEED the end-of-record pointers intact.
The Transactor (I believe) published a really NICE REL file copy
program several issues back.

]Is there a way to copy REL files from one drive to another for archival and
]backup purposes?  Ideally, copying from a 1571 to a 1581 would be good.

A custom program usually works best, though.

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]	Michael Rios		attih!ihlpb!mrios	AT&T Secret Police
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