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From: pranav@cadence.com (Pranav Tiwari)
Subject: problem reading tape
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The program is executed with a buffer length =61524

Relative Block No   1   Absolute block no.0     length of block = 80
Relative Block No   2   Absolute block no.1     length of block = 80
Relative Block No   3   Absolute block no.2     length of block = 80
Relative Block No   1   Absolute block no.3     length of block = 2000
Relative Block No   2   Absolute block no.4     length of block = 2000
Relative Block No   3   Absolute block no.5     length of block = 2000

I have tried using dd to read the tape, but don't know what to do
about the non-uniform block size. 

How can this tape be read using dd (on a Unix system)
Thanks.
Pranav.

Please send your replies directly to me.


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