And, for the record, derived from the source code:
VolAddr is the "file" << 32 (i.e. multipled by 2^32), with the "block" added.
These being the startfile, endfile,
startblock and endblock fields from jobmedia.
So if you're constructing your own VolAddr field in a bootstrap record, find
the e
Apologies. I should have used the source. For the record, from
stored/parse_bsr.c:
"* Every bsr should have a volfile entry and a volblock entry
* or a VolAddr
* if we are going to use positioning
"
So I need to figure out what the VolBlock should be, or switch to using VolAddr.
Hi,
Is VolFile still used in bootstrap files? I created a bootstrap file
using it, expecting that the tape would fairly
rapidly fast forward over the intervening files. However, it is reading the
entire tape up up to file 635 first, and
taking it's sweet time about it.
My manually cr