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36.Dd April 17, 1994
37.Dt TCOPY 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm tcopy
41.Nd copy and/or verify mag tapes
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl cvx
45.Op Fl s Ar maxblk
46.Oo Ar src Op Ar dest
47.Oc
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Nm
50is designed to copy magnetic tapes.  The only assumption made
51about the tape is that there are two tape marks at the end.
52.Nm
53with only a source tape
54.Pf ( Ar /dev/rst0
55by default) specified will print
56information about the sizes of records and tape files.  If a destination
57is specified a copy will be made of the source tape.  The blocking on the
58destination tape will be identical to that used on the source tape.  Copying
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