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author | Joe Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com> | 2015-08-11 16:51:37 -0400 |
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committer | Joe Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com> | 2015-08-11 16:51:37 -0400 |
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Repatch (from linux) of OSX IRAF
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diff --git a/unix/boot/wtar/wtar.hlp b/unix/boot/wtar/wtar.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fdbc3aea --- /dev/null +++ b/unix/boot/wtar/wtar.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.help wtar Oct92 softools +.ih +NAME +wtar -- write TAR format archive file +.ih +USAGE +wtar [-flags] [-f archive] [files] +.ih +ARGUMENTS +.ls 12 -d +Print debug messages. +.le +.ls 12 -o +Omit binary files. +.le +.ls 12 -t +Print the name of each file as it is written or omitted. +.le +.ls 12 -v +Verbose mode; print more information about each file. +.le +.ls 12 -f archive +The tar format file to be written, i.e., "stdout", a host magtape device +name (e.g., "/dev/nrmt8" or "MSA0"), or the IRAF virtual filename of a disk +file. The default is the standard output. +.le +.ls 12 files +The names of the files or root directories of directory trees to be written +to the archive file. If no files are specified "." (the directory tree +rooted at the current directory) is assumed. +.le +.ih +DESCRIPTION +The named files and directories are written to the indicated +UNIX "tar" format output file. Any directories in the file list are +recursively descended. The named directories should be subdirectories of +the current directory when \fIwtar\fR is called. Binary files may be +omitted if desired, e.g., when transporting software to a different host, or +when making a backup of a large system which would otherwise exceed the +capacity of a single reel of tape. All file, directory, and magtape names +conform to the IRAF standard. + +The output file is normally either a disk file (e.g., if the transport +medium is an electronic network), or a magtape file. If the output file is +a magtape multiple files, i.e., wtar archives, may be written on the tape. +The blocking factor is fixed at 10240 bytes per record. + +The TAR format file written by \fIwtar\fR conforms to the UNIX standard except +that [1] no link information is preserved, [2] the user and group numbers +may not be preserved (they are preserved in the UNIX version of \fIwtar\fR), +and [3] some versions of \fIwtar\fR (e.g., VMS) pad text files at the end +with extra blank lines. + +All \fIwtar\fR filename arguments are IRAF virtual filenames (or host +filenames). Magtape devices should be specified by their host (not IRAF) +device name, e.g., "/dev/nrmt8" or "MSA0". +.ih +EXAMPLES +1. Make a source-only archive of the IRAF system on the UNIX device +/dev/nrmt8. + +.nf + cl> cd iraf + cl> wtar -of /dev/nrmt8 +.fi + +2. Archive the "uparm" directory to the VMS logical device MSA0:. + + cl> wtar -f msa0 uparm + +3. Make a disk archive of the LIB and PKG directory trees in your home +directory. + + cl> wtar -f home$archive.tar lib pkg + +4. Examine the resultant file to make sure everything worked correctly. + + cl> rtar -tvf home$archive.tar + + +5. Make a disk archive, using a host filename for the output file. + + cl> wtar -f /tmp2/arc lib pkg sys + +IRAF magtape commands such as \fIrewind\fR may be used with \fIwtar\fR, +but switching between IRAF and host device names can be confusing. +.ih +SEE ALSO +rtar, rmbin |