XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XX XXXXXX XXXX XX X XX XX XX X XX X XXXX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXXXX XXXXX XX XXXXX XX XX XX XXXXX XXXXXX XX XX XX XX XXXXXX XX XX XX XX X XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX XX XXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXrcbX INTRODUCTION: 06.AUG.1997: Welcome to the new and improved ASPI-TAR port for DOS, Windows 3.x and possibly Windows95. I've improved a number of areas over previous releases and beefed up the documentation. CONTENTS: BIN\ Executables and batch files DOC\ Readme files and usage information IRIX\ IRIX shell scripts for use with ASPI-TAR SRC\ Full source code I've made some slight modifications to make the commands and syntax a bit more like the IRIX versions of tar(1) and mt(1). For example you can use 'tar -f /dev/tape' for the tape device name (it is the default by the way) as well as the original 'tar -f /dev/ct'. The old default was 'tar -f tape.out'. Mt now supports an explicit tape unload/eject command 'mt -u' and a tape drive status 'mt -s' like the IRIX version. I've also included a few script (oops; batch) files to set the proper options for IRIX compatibility. They are: BIN\TAPEID.BAT Sets the SCSI address of the tape drive. BIN\EJECT.BAT Ejects the tape, on drives that support this feature. BIN\REWIND.BAT Rewinds the tape. BIN\PUT.BAT Puts (writes) files to the tape; i.e. tar -c. BIN\GET.BAT Gets (reads) files from the tape; i.e. tar -x. RTFM: For help on using tar, use: tar +help - or - see file: tar.txt For help on using mt, use: mt -h - or - see file: mt.txt FEATURES! 1. If using '\' use two '\\' or better yet '/'. 2. You can't use blocking factors >= 64 with ASPI-TAR. 3. Remote device access not supported in this DOS version. 4. Regular expression handling not too robust; - Instead of 'tar -c dir/*.*' use simply 'tar -c dir' 5. Use SET DEBUG=1 to enable SCSI error debugging information. - I've also included Roy Neese's excellent SCSICODE utility which may be of help in diagnosing the SCSI sense information returned from the SCSI error reporting (YMMV). LATEST&GREATEST: You can always find the latest version at: http://www.4crawler.com/PeeCee.html http://www.4crawler.com/dist/aspitar.zip (direct link) PHEEDBAK: If you have any questions or suggestions, please forward them to me at: mail:r.c.brown@ieee.org