Looking for pointers to specs...

From: Fred N. van Kempen <Fred.van.Kempen_at_microwalt.nl>
Date: Sun Dec 15 01:06:00 2002

Which version of VMSbackup are you using to read the tape?

I seem to have several.. V3.0, 3.1, 3.1.1, 4.1, 4.1.1 and 4.2 ...

--f


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Megan [mailto:mbg_at_TheWorld.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:58 AM
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> Subject: Looking for pointers to specs...
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> Can anyone point me to a description of the file format for a
> VMS backup file? I need to be able to read one on a unix (linux)
> system, but 'vmsbackup' doesn't recognize the contents of one of
> the vbn's and ends up core-dumping...
>
> (alternatively, is there a version of vmsbackup or something which
> can read full vms backups)
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
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