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<s><f><tape>.<filetype>

where:

TU (for Tape Utilities) is the filename prefix for all the files,

<s> 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

<f> 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

<tape> 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)

<filetype> 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.

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