Sources for rtar/rdd/rmt posted to net.sources

[donn at sdchema.UUCP]

Rtar, rdd and rmt are programs for 4.2 BSD which are very much like
tar, dd, and mt but allow access to a tape device on a remote host with
the syntax of rdump, rrestore and rcp.  These programs obviate the
tedious piping of input and output through 'rsh host dd ...' and in
general make life simpler.  They also run faster than the piped
versions (as much as 25% in some crude tests I have made).  These
programs (like rdump and rrestore) make use of the program /etc/rmt on
the remote host to do all of the relevant tape manipulation.

As a consequence of popular demand, a shell archive containing editor
scripts for the sources has been posted to net.sources.  The scripts
require vanilla 4.2 BSD source files for several programs in order to
work, but if they are in /usr/src (and really are untouched), then a
simple 'make sources' will fetch them and change them appropriately.
(It was suggested that this is a good way to get around source license
problems, and I agree.  It also saves space in the posted file.)

Mike Muuss at BRL (mike at BRL.ARPA) has offered to make the sources
available for FTP by ARPAnauts.

Enjoy,

Donn Seeley    UCSD Chemistry Dept.       ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn
32 52' 30"N 117 14' 25"W  (619) 452-4016  sdcsvax!sdchema!donn at nosc.ARPA