> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy > Sotomayor > Sent: 15 December 2015 17:09 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: IBM CMS dumpfile idiocy > > > > On Dec 14, 2015, at 10:21 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote: > > > > Just finished reading a 9 track tape made with IBM CMS in its dumpfile > format. > > > > Why on earth--or might I say, what idiot--designed this format? First the > file data in a series of records, *then* the file name and other metadata. > > > > Anyone know of a DOS/Windows/Unix utility to unravel one of these > things? I don't feel too much like coding for a single tape. > > > Use VM/370 under Hercules to read in the dumpfile tape and write it back > out in either AWS or HET format. > > TTFN - Guy
You don't need VM/370, Hercules includes a "tapecopy" command that will copy from SCSI tape to AWS format... (and back) Dave
