bcopy(1M)                                               bcopy(1M)



NAME
     bcopy - copies blocks interactively

SYNOPSIS
     bcopy

DESCRIPTION
     bcopy dates from a time when neither the UNIX file system
     nor disk drives were as reliable as they are now.  The bcopy
     command copies from and to files starting at arbitrary block
     (512-byte) boundaries.

     The bcopy command asks the following questions:

        to:  the file or device to copy to
        offset:  the starting ``to'' block number
        from:  the file or device to copy from
        offset:  the starting ``from'' block number
        count:  the number of blocks to copy

     After count is exhausted, it repeats the from question
     (giving you a chance to concatenate blocks at the
     to+offset+count location).  If you press RETURN in response
     to from, everything starts over.

     Press RETURN twice consecutively to terminate bcopy.

FILES
     /etc/bcopy
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     cpio(1), dd(1) in A/UX Command Reference






















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