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diff --git a/noao/imred/vtel/doc/tcopy.hlp b/noao/imred/vtel/doc/tcopy.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..57a523cb --- /dev/null +++ b/noao/imred/vtel/doc/tcopy.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +.help tcopy Oct85 noao.imred.vtel +.ih +NAME +tcopy -- Tape to tape copy +.ih +USAGE +tcopy input_fd output_fd +.ih +PARAMETERS +.ls input_fd +Tape file or device name for input, e.g. "mta1600[1]" or "mtb800" +.le +.ls files +List of tape file numbers or ranges delimited by commas, e.g. "1-3,5-8". +`Files' is requested only if no file number is given in `input_fd'. +Files will be read in ascending order, reguardless of the order of the list. +Reading will terminate if EOT is reached, thus a list such as "1-999" +may be used to read all the files on the tape. +.le +.ls output_fd +File or device name, e.g. "mta1600[1]" or "mtb800" If a file number is not +given the user will be asked whether or not this is a new tape. If it is +a new tape the file number "1" will be used. If it is not a new tape, i.e. +it already has data on it, then file number "EOT" will be used. +.le +.ls new_tape = no +New tape flag. Usage is described above. +.le +.ls verbose = no +Flag to signal program that it should print information about progress while +running. +.le +.ih +DESCRIPTION +Tcopy copies files from one tape to another reporting read errors on the +input tape as it goes. Tcopy, when it encounters a read error, does its +best to get as much data as possible by validating the input buffer after +the error, guessing its length, and writing it out to the output tape. +.ih +EXAMPLES +1. To copy all the files on mta to a new tape on mtb: + +.nf + vt> tcopy mta 1-999 mtb yes +.fi + +2. To copy file 5 from mta and append it to the tape on mtb: + +.nf + vt> tcopy mta1600[5] mtb no +.fi + +.ih +SEE ALSO +t2d +.endhelp |