NAME

tcopy − copy a magnetic tape

SYNOPSIS

/usr/ucb/tcopy source [ destination ]

DESCRIPTION

tcopy 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 displays information about the sizes of records and tape files.  If a destination 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. 

SEE ALSO

mt(1), ioctl(2). 

NOTES

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

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