FTCOPY Copyright 1986 by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Installation Notes FTCOPY is a foreign tape copy utility for VAX/VMS systems which allows copying of files between foreign tapes, labeled tapes and disk files. Since it is used as a DCL command, it must be entered into SYS$LIBRARY:DCLTABLES.EXE in order to get the command parsed correctly. The command line descriptor file (FTCOPY.CLD) is included in this package and can be easily put into DCLTABLES using the "SET COMMAND" command described in the VAX/VMS Command Definition Utility Reference Manual. This package contains all of the source files, a macro library, an executable image (built under VMS V4.2), a .CLD file, and necessary files for building the utility. The directory [.DOC] contains the documentation. Some of the source files are contained on the Spring 1982 VAX SIG tape in the directory [VAX82A.TAPESUBS]. This utility has been copyrighted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. You are hereby given permission to use and/or modify the code as you wish; however, we would appreciate that you give credit for the original work to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. We would also appreciate having a copy of any changes which you make to the program. The following procedure for installing FTCOPY on your system is recommended. 1. Make a backup copy of SYS$LIBRARY:DCLTABLES.EXE in case you need to get back to the original version. Name this backup version DCLTABLES.BAK for convience. This is accomplished with the following command: "$COPY SYS$LIBRARY:DCLTABLES.EXE SYS$LIBRARY:DCLTABLES.BAK" 2. Copy the files from the tape to your target directory. We suggest that you use some "system" type of directory such as SYS$SYSTEM but any permanent directory will work well. 3. Edit the FTCOPY.CLD file to put the name of the directory containing the FTCOPY image in the line which describes the image - line 2. FTCOPY.CLD is distributed with the reference to SYS$SYSTEM - if this is where you intend to locate the image, you will not need to change the file. 4. Run the "SET COMMAND" command to install FTCOPY in DCLTABLES. The syntax will be "$SET COMMAND SYS$SYSTEM:FTCOPY" if you copied all of the distribution files to SYS$SYSTEM. 5. Install the new version of DCLTABLES by taking your system down and then rebooting. DCLTABLES with FTCOPY will be installed once system is rebooted. If you need help with this installation, you may contact: Thomas W. Danforth Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, Mass 02543 (617)548-1400 ex. 2876