IBM Standard Tape Labels

[hullwcs]

We need to produce IBM 1/2 Inch Reel tapes containing IBM Standard Tape Labels.<br>
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We are a Unisys Unix System V Release 4.2 site, are there any scripts or software packages available to produce the following :-<br>
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Ascii file to 1/2 inch tape reel with record size of 300 and block size 32700 converting to ebcdic with IBM Standard Tape Labels.

 

[AndyBo]

Take a look at the man page for dd. (Assuming your Unix box can read/write the tape reel.) I don't think the record size in the ascii file will matter, dd is just going to read the file and send it back out in the required format. The following _may_ work for you. If not, I hope it provides a pointer in the right direction:<br>
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dd if=/my/ascii/file.txt of=/dev/my_tape_reel obs=32700 conv=ebcdic<br>
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Each option in turn:<br>
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if Input File<br>
of Output File<br>
obs Output Block Size<br>
conv Conversion<br>
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Note, you may need to change &quot;conv&quot; from ebcdic to ibm - this gives a slightly different EBCDIC conversion.<br>
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As far as the Tape Labels go, I'm assuming that this is a standard header block on the tape? If so, if you know the format of the block then you could create a file containing the header block. Then use cat to create a new file containing your header block and ascii data ('cat hdrblock.file ascii.txt &gt;tapefile.out') and send this new file to the tape using the dd command above.<br>
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Hope this helps.<br>

 

[Guest_imported]

I remember using a utility called ansitape a few years back (over 15 hehe) that would do just that. I had to compile it on my hpux systems and would load tapes cut on an IBM mainframe to my systems. Check in the gnu archives, it may be there.<br>
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