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- OSTAPE.C is a program to read IBM EBCDIC OS Standard-Labeled tapes
- in fixed-block format.
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- The OSTAPE program simply invokes the UNIX utility DD to read the
- tape, but unlike DD, OSTAPE reads and decodes the file header and
- trailer labels, so that multiple files can be read from the tape under
- their own names. OSTAPE also picks up the record length, blocksize,
- and record format from the label, so that it may issue the appropriate
- DD command to read and unpack the file data.
-
- OSTAPE reads all the files from the tape onto the disk, and assumes all
- files are text. It strips trailing blanks from each record and appends
- a newline.
-
- OSTAPE as been tested successfully on a VAX/750 running Ultrix-32.
-
- Author: Christine Gianone, Columbia University Center for Computing Activities
- December, 1986
-