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TCOPY(1)							      TCOPY(1)

NAME
       tcopy - copy a magnetic tape

SYNOPSIS
       tcopy source [destination]

DESCRIPTION
       The  tcopy  utility  copies the magnetic tape mounted on the tape drive
       specified by the source argument. The only assumption  made  about  the
       contents of a tape is that there are two tape marks at the end.

       When  only  a source drive is specified, tcopy scans the tape, and dis‐
       plays information about the sizes of records and tape files. If a  des‐
       tination	 is  specified,	 tcopy makes a copies the source tape onto the
       destination tape, with blocking preserved. As it copies, tcopy produces
       the same output as it does when only scanning a tape.

       The tcopy utility requires the use of Berkeley-compatible device names.
       For example,

	 example% tcopy /dev/rmt/1b /dev/rmt/2b

SEE ALSO
       mt(1), ioctl(2), attributes(5)

NOTES
       tcopy will only run on systems supporting an associated set of ioctl(2)
       requests.

				 Mar 10, 2000			      TCOPY(1)

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