9.0;cptape (copy tape), revision 9.0, 86/12/17 CPTAPE (COPY TAPE) -- Read/write a cartridge or magnetic tape. usage: CPTAPE { -r[ead] | -w[rite] | -v[erify] } [-nrw] [-lv] [-reten] [-du] [-dev[ice] {ct|mt}] FORMAT CPTAPE { -r[ead] | -w[rite] | -v[erify] } [-nrw] [-lv] [-reten] [-du] [-dev[ice] {ct|mt}] CPTAPE reads, writes, or verifies the contents of a 1/4" cartridge tape or a magnetic tape. ARGUMENTS -r, -w, -v Selects the mode of operation -- read, write, or verfy. pathname Specify the pathname of a file to be written to the tape or into which the contents of the tape are to be read. (CPTAPE will prompt you if the file already exists.) OPTIONS -nrw No-rewind. Reading or writing starts at the current tape position. -lv Leave. Do not rewind the tape at the conclusion of the operation. -reten Retension. Cartridge tape only. The tape is forward spaced to the end of the tape and rewound before starting the operation. This should always be specified the first time a new tape is to be written. If this option is selected, and -r/-w/-v may be omitted; the tape will just be retensioned. -du The tape contains an Aegis crash dump. Cartridge tape only. This must be specified when the crash dump is read if the Aegis dump was written by any of the following Apollo machines: DN3xx, DSP80, DSP90, DN5xx. Note: This option is NOT to be used for the turbo upgrades, ie. DN5xx-T). -dev {mt|ct} Selects the device type. Mt is entered for magnetic tape and ct is entered for cartridge tape. If a device type is not entered the default is cartridge tape. EXAMPLES $ cptape -r tape_image Read the entire contents of a cartridge tape. $ cptape -w tape_image -reten Copy that image onto a new cartridge tape. $ cptape -r dump.bl19 -du Read an Aegis crash dump from a DN3xx, DSP80, DSP90, or DN5xx machine type. $ cptape -r dump.bl19 Read an Aegis crash dump from any machine type other than in the previous example. $ cptape -r tape_image -dev mt Read the entire contents of a magnetic tape.