OSTAPE.C is a program to read IBM EBCDIC OS Standard-Labeled tapes
in fixed-block format.

The OSTAPE program simply invokes the UNIX utility DD to read the
tape, but unlike DD, OSTAPE reads and decodes the file header and
trailer labels, so that multiple files can be read from the tape under
their own names.  OSTAPE also picks up the record length, blocksize,
and record format from the label, so that it may issue the appropriate
DD command to read and unpack the file data.

OSTAPE reads all the files from the tape onto the disk, and assumes all
files are text.  It strips trailing blanks from each record and appends
a newline.

OSTAPE as been tested successfully on a VAX/750 running Ultrix-32.

Author: Christine Gianone, Columbia University Center for Computing Activities
December, 1986
