16 Mar
2005
16 Mar
'05
6:27 a.m.
>>>> "joe" == joe heck <trash3
at splab.cas.neu.edu> writes:
joe> The problem with the BCK files is that they come in as 2064 byte
joe> blocks from the tape and VMS gets really upset when I try to
joe> write them to the disk. Haven't figured out how to deblock them
joe> enough to get them on to the system.
Strange. You shouldn't need to. If you tell RMS that you want fixed
length records, length 2064, "spanned", it should accept what you have
just fine. Or convert them to TAP format before writing them to
disk...
paul