TCOPY(1) BSD Reference Manual TCOPY(1)NAMEtcopy - copy and/or verify mag tapes
SYNOPSIStcopy [-cvx] [-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 identi-
cal.
-s maxblk
Specify a maximum block size, maxblk.
-v Given the two tapes, and dest verify that they are identical.
-x Output all informational messages to the standard error. This
option is useful when dest is /dev/stdout.
SEE ALSOmtio(4)HISTORY
The tcopy command appeared in 4.3BSD.
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