TCOPY

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BSD 4.3

NAME

tcopy - copy and/or verify mag tapes

SYNOPSIS

tcopy [-cv ] [-s maxblk ] [src [dest ] ]

DESCRIPTION

Tcopy is designed to copy magnetic tapes. The only assumption made about the tape is that there are two tape marks at the end. Tcopy with only a source tape ( rmt0 by default) specified will print information about the sizes of records and tape files. If a destination is specified a copy will be made of the source tape. The blocking on the destination tape will be identical to that used on the source tape. Copying a tape will yield the same output as if just printing the sizes.

Options:

-c: Copy src to dest and then verify that the two tapes are identical.
-s maxblk: Specify a maximum block size, maxblk
-v: Given the two tapes, and dest verify that they are identical.

HISTORY

The tcopy command appeared in BSD 4.3