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30.\"     @(#)tcopy.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/17/94
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32.Dd April 17, 1994
33.Dt TCOPY 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm tcopy
37.Nd copy and/or verify mag tapes
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl cvx
41.Op Fl s Ar maxblk
42.Oo Ar src Op Ar dest
43.Oc
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45.Nm
46is designed to copy magnetic tapes.
47The only assumption made
48about the tape is that there are two tape marks at the end.
49.Nm
50with only a source tape
51.Pf ( Ar /dev/rst0
52by default) specified will print
53information about the sizes of records and tape files.
54If a destination
55is specified a copy will be made of the source tape.
56The blocking on the
57destination tape will be identical to that used on the source tape.
58Copying
59a tape will yield the same output as if just printing the sizes.
60.Pp
61Options:
62.Bl -tag -width s_maxblk
63.It Fl c
64Copy
65.Ar src
66to
67.Ar dest
68and then verify that the two tapes are identical.
69.It Fl s Ar maxblk
70Specify a maximum block size,
71.Ar maxblk .
72.It Fl v
73Given the two tapes,
74.Ar src
75and
76.Ar dest
77verify that they are identical.
78.It Fl x
79Output all informational messages to the standard error.
80This option is useful when
81.Ar dest
82is
83.Pa /dev/stdout .
84.El
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr mtio 4
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Nm
90command appeared in
91.Bx 4.3 .
92