ACUCOBOL-GT is shipped for VMS and Open VMS machines in BACKUP format. Select a directory where you want ACUCOBOL-GT to reside. In these instructions, this will be referred to as directory. To read the tape, type the following commands:
ALLOCATE device
MOUNT/FOREIGN device
BACKUP device [...]
where device is the name of your tape device.
After extracting the release files from the tape, read the "READ_ME" and "RELEASE" file (if present). The "READ_ME" file describes the files included with ACUCOBOL-GT. The "RELEASE" file contains changes to the compiler not covered in the printed documentation.