Re: Writiing to DVD

I take it that is a yes.

I tend to forget that the optical drives are really just part of the IFS.
So there should be no reason why we couldn't write directly to the DVD.

However I doubt that the concerns I mentioned in my original post are really
valid.  We should be OK using SAV/RST.  If we ever go onto other hardware,
we'll still have convert the tapes/DVDs/Whatever to something that can be
read by the new hardware.


Our biggest concern right now is the lifespan of the 3490.


Gord

>On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:11:04 -0500, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>IFS  is IFS is IFS.
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>WRKLNK '/QOPT' will show you the volume id of the DVD in the drive.  Drill 
>down.
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>The current thread about saving the IFS to DVD reminded me of something I
>need to look into.
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>Is it possible for an RPG program to write and read directly to/from DVD?
>We currently have a data archive routine which writes directly to a 3490
>We'd like to get rid of the 3490.  The archive system was originally
>designed about 15 years to write to tape instead of doing a save and 
>restore
>in order to protect us from any changes in the save format.  Also
>theoretically, it would be easier to convert the contents of the tape 
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>we ever need to read it on another platform.
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>Thanks for any input.
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