[VAX000]0README.1ST INFORMATION REGARDING THE VAX SIG DECUS TAPES There are eight VAX Systems SIG DECUS Symposia tapes. The names used are: directory contents - - number of - - size directories files [VAX000] General information x xx xxxx [VAX79A] Spring 1979 tape 19 516 9486 [VAX79B] Fall 1979 tape (San Diego) 9 148 1762 [VAX80A] Spring 1980 tape (Chicago) 19 421 5259 [VAX80B] Fall 1980 tape (San Diego) 19 294 6945 [VAX81A] Spring 1981 tape (Miami) 27 513 8650 [VAX81B] Fall 1981 tape (Los Angeles) 67 1255 20218 [VAX82A] Spring 1982 tape (Atlanta) 72 1230 27838 [VAX82B] Fall 1982 tape (Anaheim) 147 2711 54668 (new record!!!) The sizes given are the approximate total size after the directories listed in SUPERCEDE.TXT have been deleted. On a disk with a cluster factor of 3 the allocated size will be about 10% higher. You are free, of course, name the root directories anything you want to. The above names were chosen to put the creation date in the name and at the same time make the lexical order of the names correspond to their calandar order. A description of some of the files contained in [VAX000] 0README.1ST - This file. AAAREADME.81B - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Fall 1982 tape concatenated into one file. This file was created by BUILDREAD.COM. AAAREADME.82A - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Spring 1982 tape concatenated into one file with BUILDREAD.COM. AAAREADME.82B - The AAAREADME.TXT files from the Fall 1982 tape concatenated into one file with BUILDREAD.COM. BUILDREAD.COM - A command file to build one large AAAREADME.nnn file from all the AAAREADME.TXT files on the directory tree. This command file checks file attributes and creates a uniform output file. COPYTREES.COM - An easy way to copy a VAX SIG tape (or tapes) from disk to tape. COPYTREES.V25 - The VMS 2.5 version of COPYTREES.COM. An easy way to copy a VAX SIG tape (or tapes) from disk to tape. Note that if you are VMS 2.5, you might have other problems with BACKUP that would prevent this command file from working. [.INDEX] - A set of indexes into the eight tapes. [.TEMP] - A temporary storage place for temp files while generating the tapes. SUBMIT.TXT and TEMPLATE.RNO - Useful information for preparing a submission to a symposium tape. TREE.81B - The tape distribution tree for the Fall 1981 tape. TREE.82A - The tape distribution tree for the Spring 1982 tape. TREE.82B - The tape distribution tree for the Fall 1982 tape. TREEDIST.TXT - The cover letter for the Fall 1982 distribution tree. USING THE BACKUP COMMAND 1. Mount the tape foreign. $ MOUNT/FOREIGN MTA0: 2. The tape should come with a label showing the names of the save-sets it contains. If it does not or you want to verify them for yourself an easy method list them is: $ MOUNT/FOREIGN MTA0: message will give the tape label $ DISMOUNT/NOUNLOAD MTA0: $ MOUNT MTA0: label $ DIRECTORY MTA0: 3. With the tape mounted foreign and the list of save-sets in hand some of the things you may want to do are: (a) $ BACKUP/LIST=something MTA0:VAX82B This will produce a list of the files in the save-set VAX82B. Note that BACKUP will not accept wild cards in the save-set name. You can, however, list the contents of a save set without knowing its name with the following command: $ BACKUP/LIST MTA0: Use "/NOREWIND" to get to the next save-set on the tape. (b) $ BACKUP MTA0:VAX82B [DECUS] (NOT recomended) This is an example of a bad BACKUP command. The entire Fall 81 tape will be put into one directory, [DECUS]. Use one of the following instead. (c) $ BACKUP MTA0:VAX82B DRB0: (d) $ BACKUP MTA0:VAX82B [DECUS...] The (c) version of the command will use the directory names which were used on the disk the tape was made from. The (d) version will hang the entire structure from the [DECUS] directory, resulting in a structure one level deeper than the original. (e) $ BACKUP MTA0:VAX82B/SELECT="[VAX82B.DFWLUG...]" [SOMEDECUS...] This command will copy the ROSS subdirectory and all of its subdirectories into the directory SOMEDECUS. If SOMEDECUS does not exist BACKUP will create it or bomb with a privilege error. Dave Leonard VAX Systems SIG Symposia tape coordinator Advanced Data Management 15-17 Main Street Kingston, NJ 08528 (609) 799-4600