Re: 8mm TAR to PC through an AS/400

["Roger Vicker" <rvicker@xxxxxxxx>]

Looks like I've got the PC side covered with WinZip.

However getting the file from tape to the IFS seems to be a problem due to the
nature of the file (binary, stream - no record lengths...). I sure hope this
doesn't turn into a requirements at Fall Common that IBM provide/enhance (CPY) a
direct data path from tape to IFS.

Thanks for the pointers so far.

Roger Vicker, CCP

Robert Montague wrote:

> It would appear that the latest version of Winzip95 will handled the pc
> conversion of
> the tar.  Below is an excerpt from the help file:
>
> ·       TAR, Z, GZ, TAZ, and TGZ files are often found on Unix-based Internet
> sites.  The relationship between these file types is less straightforward
> than the aforementioned file formats.  The important thing to remember is
> that WinZip handles all these formats the same way as Zip files, so you
> don't need to know the details.  Here is more information on these formats:
>  TAR stands for "Tape ARchive".  This is an old file format and does not
> provide compression; it is used only to group files.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Montague
>
> slew@accessone.com
> >
> >



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