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Version: 5.0-2-A, May 1990
Submitted By: C.J. Chapman, Philips Defence Systems MEL
Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.0, MicroVMS V5.0
Source Language: MACRO-32
Keywords: System Management - VMS, Utilities - Tape, Utilities - VMS
Memory Requirements: 143KB
Notes: Executable and/or object code is included.
Restrictions: Operating system VAX/VMS V5.0 or later is required.
Abstract: FTX - Foreign Tape Extension utility is a systems management tool that enables ASCII or EBCDIC data files to be written, or read from unlabelled magnetic tape using combinations of block and record format.
Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:33:12 1996
Submitted By: C.J. Chapman, Philips Defence Systems MEL
Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.0, MicroVMS V5.0
Source Language: MACRO-32
Keywords: System Management - VMS, Utilities - Tape, Utilities - VMS
Memory Requirements: 143KB
Notes: Executable and/or object code is included.
Restrictions: Operating system VAX/VMS V5.0 or later is required.
Abstract: FTX - Foreign Tape Extension utility is a systems management tool that enables ASCII or EBCDIC data files to be written, or read from unlabelled magnetic tape using combinations of block and record format.
Features
- Automatic tape mount with dismount option.
- Forward tape mark skipping before read begins.
- Full wild card file processing.
- Record padding and stripping.
- Read while spooling option.
- Character translation checking.
- Data I/O checking.
- Tape erase option.
- Tape test option
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Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:33:12 1996