TUAAAA.HLP, April 1991 This file lists the tape utility programs that are available in the Kermit Distribution on Tape E. The programs have been collected from various sources, and are being made available as a public service, with no support offered and no warranty expressed or implied. For distribution purposes, they have been renamed as indicated below. The names all follow this format: TU. where: TU (for Tape Utilities) is the filename prefix for all the files, is a single letter telling what System the program runs on: C - Any system with a C compiler I - IBM mainframes U - Unix V - VAX/VMS is a single letter telling the Function of the program: R - Reads tapes W - Writes tapes B - Both reads and writes tapes P - A pre- or postprocessing program C - Copies one tape to another is a 2-character sequence specifying the kind of tape: AD - ANSI "D" Format (variable length records preceded by byte counts) BU - VAX/VMS BACKUP tapes OS - IBM EBCDIC OS Standard Label tapes, VB format (variable block) XX - Any kind of tape AO - ANSI "D" format or OS Standard Label VB format TA - UNIX tar format T2 - UNIX tar format (a different program) is a 1-to-3 character sequence specifying the type of file: ASM - Assembly language C - C language program source HLP - Help file (plain text) NR - Nroff text formatter source (for UNIX man page) Here's a list of the programs: Kermit Original Name Name Contributor Purpose TUCPAD ANSID Columbia U. Unpack ANSI-D records (on disk) TUIROS OSTAPE Columbia U. Read on OS tape on VM/CMS systems TUIRAO SPROSC John Chandler Read OS and ANSI tapes on VM/CMS TUUBAD ANSITAR ??? Read/Write ANSI tapes on UNIX TUUCXX COPYTAPE Columbia U. Copy tapes on UNIX systems TUURBU VMSBU Monash U. Read VMS Backup tapes on UNIX systems TUUROS OSTAPE Columbia U. Read OS SL tapes on UNIX systems TUUWAO CUTAPE Columbia U. Write OS or ANSI tapes on UNIX TUVRTA RTAR ??? Read UNIX tar tapes on VAX/VMS TUVRT2 TAR2VMS Queen's U. Read UNIX tar tapes on VAX/VMS TUVWTA WTAR ??? Write UNIX tar tapes on VAX/VMS It's probably a good idea to rename the files from their distribution names to their original names before building and using them. (End of TUAAAA.HLP)