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- .th TP V 9/10/73
- .sh NAME
- tp \*- DEC/mag tape formats
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- The
- command
- .it tp
- dumps files to and extracts files from
- DECtape and magtape.
- The formats of these tapes are the same except
- that magtapes have larger directories.
- .s3
- Block zero contains a
- copy of a stand-alone bootstrap program.
- See boot procedures (VIII).
- .s3
- Blocks 1 through 24
- for DECtape (1 through 62 for magtape)
- contain a directory of the tape.
- There are 192 (resp. 496) entries in the directory;
- 8 entries per block;
- 64 bytes per entry.
- Each entry has the following format:
- .s3
- .lp +24 20
- path name 32 bytes
- .lp +24 20
- mode 2 bytes
- .lp +24 20
- uid 1 byte
- .lp +24 20
- gid 1 byte
- .lp +24 20
- unused 1 byte
- .lp +24 20
- size 3 bytes
- .lp +24 20
- time modified 4 bytes
- .lp +24 20
- tape address 2 bytes
- .lp +24 20
- unused 16 bytes
- .lp +24 20
- check sum 2 bytes
- .s3
- .i0
- The path name entry is the path name of the
- file when put on the tape.
- If the pathname starts with a zero word,
- the entry is empty.
- It is at most 32 bytes long and ends in a null byte.
- Mode, uid, gid, size and time modified
- are the same as described under i-nodes (file system (V)).
- The tape address is the tape block number of the start of
- the contents of the file.
- Every file
- starts on a block boundary.
- The file occupies (size+511)/512 blocks
- of continuous tape.
- The checksum entry has a value such that
- the sum of the 32 words of the directory entry is zero.
- .s3
- Blocks 25 (resp. 63) on are available for file storage.
- .s3
- A fake entry (see tp (I))
- has a size of zero.
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- file system (V), tp (I)
-