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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 1995 16:13:30 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [SUMMARY] reading vmsbackup tapes 
Message-ID:  <199504122313.QAA00288@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Apr 95 11:13:46 EDT." <Pine.3.89.9504121141.K14846-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> 

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>another possibility is 'ansitape' from comp.sources.unix.  but i have not tried
>this program.

   While VMS backup tapes are themselves in ANSI format, the backup image
stored on the tape is in VMS backup format. So while ansitape will let you read
the backup image off the tape, this doesn't acheive what you want (which is to
read the files out of the backup image).

-DG



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