Exporting MARC from Spydus

There are three stages to exporting the MARC data from Spydus.

   Stage 1 - output a batch of records e.g. 10,000
   Stage 2 - check the contents of MARCOUT
   Stage 3 - transfer the MARC records to a Unix file

Batches of 10,000 records or less are recommended since there are over 130,000 bibliographic records and due to the fact that it will take many hours to output even in batches of 10,000.

MARC Output Menu At the Main Spydus Meny type MDO

Stage 1 - Create MARC records into the file MARCOUT Chose option 1 on the menu

   Responses:
   Tape drive or disk? Enter D for DISK
   Output holdings? Y
   Locations? Press <RETURN> for all locations
   Output records with no holdings? Y     (the choice is really up to you)
   Flag records for output? Y
   Output records previously flagged? N
   Number of records to output?  10000
   Press <RETURN> to start the process

Note:

   MARC records are written to the file MARCOUT which has been sized to hold around 10,000 records
   At the start of each cycle the file MARCOUT is cleared
   At any of the above prompts you can enter a period "." to abort the process
   MN.MAIN<6> gets the flag B set to prevent the record being output again

Step 2-Checking MARC records Chose option 2 on the menuy Enter T for terminal

Stage 3 - Transfer MARC Records to Unix Chose option 3 on the menu MARC source file name? MARCOUT Enter Unix file name? (Wherever you like, example shown below) enter destination UNIX file name ?/u/sanlib/SL/NELMK1