netbsd man page for tcopy

TCOPY(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  TCOPY(1)

NAME
     tcopy -- copy and/or verify mag tapes

SYNOPSIS
     tcopy [-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 (/dev/rst0 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, src 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 ALSO
     mtio(4)

HISTORY
     The tcopy command appeared in 4.3BSD.

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								  April 17, 1994							       BSD