NAME

tcopy − Copies magnetic tapes

SYNOPSIS

tcopy [−cv] [−s max−blocksize] [source] [destination]

OPTIONS

−cVerifies whether the source and the destination tapes are identical after copying the source tape into the destination tape. 

−vVerifies whether the source and the destination tapes are identical. 

−s max-blocksize
Sets the maximum allowed tape block size.  The default is 128 Kbytes.

DESCRIPTION

If a source and a destination tape are specified then the tcopy command copies the source tape into the destination tape. 

If only a source tape is specified then tcopy prints information about the contents of the tape.  For each file in the tape, tcopy prints the number of records of each block size.  Tape /dev/tape/tape0_d0 is the default. 

The tcopy command assumes that there are two tape marks at the end of the source tape when copying or reading, and two tape marks at the end of both tapes when verifying. 

EXAMPLES

     1.To copy /dev/tape/tape0_d0 into /dev/tape/tape1_d0, enter:

tcopy /dev/tape/tape0_d0 /dev/tape/tape1_d0

     2.To obtain information about /dev/tape/tape1_d0, enter:

tcopy /dev/tape/tape1_d0

SEE ALSO:

Commands:  mt(1)