[VAX84A.DISASTER]AAAREADME.TXT


                                 submitted by:


                                  Tim Mahaney
                          Naval Air Propulsion Center
                                  PO Box 7176
                               1440 Parkway Ave.
                               Trenton, NJ 08628

                                 (609) 896-5728



          This   directory   contains   programs   for    retrieving    and
     reconstructing files from a disk that cannot be read by VMS.

     1.  SEARCHER

              prepares a listing of possible file headers

     2.  GETFILE

              is used to retrieve files and rebuild them.



     For those with access  to  Datatrieve,  some  record  definitions  and
     procedures are provided to allow manipulation of SEARCHER's output.


     See DISASTER.DOC for further, albeit sketchy, information.


     The basis for these routines was submitted by Ray Stone on the  Spring
     82  SIG  tape  in  [VAX82A.DISKFILES].  His original code is included,
     with extension .VIR.