[Simh] Reading VMS Backup tapes on Linux

[Edward Berry]

Thanks for that. Where did you get vmsbackup?
Is there a version on the trailing-edge website?
ed

Jon Elson wrote:
> Well, for those NOT running VMS in simulation, but wanting
> to get at some archival programs, I finally figured out how to
> make vmsbackup work. First, you need to extract the backup
> save set from the tape container file, so it is just a stream of
> bytes, without the block size and file mark information.
> In other words, just the bytes from the data blocks, all strung
> together. I already had a program that did this for cr/lf
> ASCII files.
>
> Then, the command is :
> vmsbackup -xe -b 8192 -f <filename>
> where the 8192 is the blocksize of the saveset file on the tape.
>
> Jon
>
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