CUTAPE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 17 May 1987
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NAME

cutape - write an ibm os ebcdic or ansi ascii standard labelled tape

SYNOPSIS

cutape [ -v volume label ] [ -o owner ] [ -b block length ] [ -l record length ] [ -t type ] [ -f tape device ] filename ...

DESCRIPTION

cutape writes an IBM OS Standard Labeled Format VB EBCDIC tape or ANSI Level-3 Format D ASCII tape. The -t flag is used to specify the format of the tape, "a" for ANSI, "e" for EBCDIC

Command line options:

-v: volume label consists of up to 6 characters, it is "KERMIT" by default.
-o: owner of the tape
-b: block size, 8192 by default
-l: maximum record length, 300 by default
-t: type of tape, 'a' for ANSI, or 'e' for EBCDIC. 'e' by default.
-f: tape device, by default the system's default tape drive, e.g. /dev/rmt12.

AUTHORS

Grace Lee, Jeff Damens, Frank da Cruz, Columbia University Center for Computing Activities, New York, NY 10027.