TAPEDUMP(C)              XENIX System V               TAPEDUMP(C)



     Name
          tapedump - dumps magnetic tape to output file.

     Syntax
          tapedump [-a|-e] [-o|-h] [-btsnnum] tape_device output_file

     Description
          tapedump dumps the contents of magnetic tapes according to
          the options specified.  Options include conversion from
          input format to user specified output format, specification
          of input and output blocksize, and the ability to specify
          that the dump begin at a specific start block on the tape
          and proceed for a specified number of blocks.

     Options
               Option    Value

               tape_device    The input tape device.

               -a        Convert from EBCDIC input to ASCII output.

               -e        Convert from ASCII input to EBCDIC output.

               -o        Display tape output in octal format.

               -h        Display tape output in hexadecimal format.

               -b num         skips n input records before starting dump.

               -t num         Specify which tape file to begin dump from,
                         where num is the tape file sequence number.

               -s num         Specify tape block address from which to start dump.

               -n num         Specify dump of only num blocks.

               output_file    The output filename; standard output is the default.

     Examples
          This command reads a tape starting at block 400 and outputs
          the results in hexadecimal format into a user specified file
          called /tmp/hex.dump:

          tapedump -b400 -h /dev/rct0 /tmp/hexdump

          This command reads an EBCDIC tape and converts the standard
          output to ASCII:

          tapedump -a /dev/rct0

     See Also
          sysadmsh(ADM), dd(C), hd(C), od(C), tape(C)



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     Notes
          The output file may be specified to be another tape device.





















































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