RE: New AS\400 user

[John Cirocco <John_Cirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: New AS\400 user

Mark,

Welcome to the group.

Try just:
RSTLIB SAVLIB(TAPEDUMP) DEV(TAP01)

If that does not work, do a display tape command DSPTAP TAP01 OUTPUT(*PRINT) and send the results back here.

HTH,
John

John W. Cirocco
Director, Information Technology
Pierce & Stevens Corp.
710 Ohio Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
John_Cirocco@PierceStevens.com
Phone 716-856-4910 Ext. 201
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Davies [mailto:MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 9:41 AM
>> To: John Cirocco; MIDRANGE-L
>> Subject: New AS\400 user
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> Just like to introduce myself as a new member to this group,
>> and maybe
>> get a few questions answered.
>>
>> I have a 9402 E04 CISC model, OS/400 V3R1M0 I'm just getting
>> (trying) to
>> know my way around this system, even though I have had it for a year
>> now, I lost interest and now I'm back in there. This time round I've
>> found I can do a lot more with it (even though 9 / 10 times
>> whatever I
>> try fails, but I'm sure that will change).
>>
>> Anyhow, my latest quest: to copy files from a tape into a lib that I
>> have created.
>>
>> The lib is TAPEDUMP
>> Tape dev is TAP01
>> The Volume label is 001
>> The first file is QTEMP
>>
>> Here is what I have tried:
>>
>> CHGCURLIB TAPEDUMP
>>
>> RSTLIB SAVLIB(CURLIB) DEV(TAP01) VOL(001) LABEL(*ALL)
>> RSTLIB SAVLIB(TAPEDUMP) DEV(TAP01) VOL(001) LABEL(QTEMP)
>> RSTLIB SAVLIB(TAPEDUMP) DEV(TAP01) VOL(001) LABEL(*)
>> RSTLIB SAVLIB(TAPEDUMP) DEV(TAP01) VOL(001) LABEL(*ALL)
>> RSTLIB SAVLIB(TAPEDUMP) DEV(TAP01) VOL(001)
>>
>> Always failes with something like File QTEMP not selected. File label
>> mismatch.
>>
>> Hay, I think I've found the answer, CPYFRMTAP.
>>
>> I take it then, that the RSTLIB will only Restore file that
>> exist in the
>> Library?
>>
>> Oh well, I'll get there. Anyway once again Hi
>> Regards
>> Mark Davies
>> SGI    
>> SUN
>> AS/400