tcopy(1) User Commands tcopy(1)NAMEtcopy - copy a magnetic tape
SYNOPSIStcopy source [destination]
DESCRIPTION
The tcopy utility 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 dis‐
plays information about the sizes of records and tape files. If a des‐
tination 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.
The tcopy utility requires the use of Berkeley-compatible device names.
For example,
example% tcopy /dev/rmt/1b /dev/rmt/2b
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │system/extended-system-utilities │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOmt(1), ioctl(2), attributes(5)NOTEStcopy will only run on systems supporting an associated set of
ioctl(2) requests.
SunOS 5.11 10 Mar 2000 tcopy(1)