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Reading the MIDAS compressed-tar file

Independently from tape or ftp you will get at least the following files:

TAR_VMS.EXE
COMPRESS_VMS.EXE
TAR_OPEN_VMS.EXE
COMPRESS_OPEN_VMS.EXE
95NOV PL X .TAR_Z

If you are on a OPEN/VMS machine, execute:

$ TAR :== $ MID_DISK:['MIDASHOME']TAR_OPEN_VMS.EXE
$ COMPRESS :== $ MID_DISK:['MIDASHOME']COMPRESS_OPEN_VMS.EXE

otherwise, execute:

$ TAR :== $ MID_DISK:['MIDASHOME']TAR_VMS.EXE
$ COMPRESS :== $ MID_DISK:['MIDASHOME']COMPRESS_VMS.EXE

To decompress and untar the MIDAS tar file, type:

$ COMPRESS -D 95NOV PL X .TAR_Z
$ TAR XVF 95NOV PL X .TAR

Execute the DCL file that defines some MIDAS logical files:

$ @ ['MIDASHOME'.95NOV .MONIT]MIDLOGS.COM


Rein Warmels
Wed Apr 24 15:22:51 MET DST 1996