Like PIPEDDR, which does use "trackread" & "trackwrite" but doesn't w rite to tape or restore to a larger minidisk.
But it is still worth looking at as a replacement. It would help if IBM released the source code to these programs when thei r internal support retires. Or remove them from the public offering. /Tom Kern On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:26:08 +0100, Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 3/12/07, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I use this program for some specialized backup/recovery processes. Doe s >> anyone know if there is a more current copy available? The Downloads >> website has a copy from 1996-08-26 (file dates inside vmarc are 1993-0 6- >> 17). Or does anyone know how I can get in touch with the author Frits Mooy? > >Frits has retired a few years ago... I don't think he still does VM. > >You could probably achieve the same using the "trackread" and >"trackwrite" stages and some plumbing around it. > >Rob >======================== ========================= ========================