User Commands                                            tcopy(1)

NAME
     tcopy - copy a magnetic tape

SYNOPSIS
     tcopy source  [ destination ]

DESCRIPTION
     tcopy 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 displays information about the sizes of records and tape
     files.  If a destination 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.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    | Availability                | SUNWesu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO
     mt(1), ioctl(2), attributes(5)

NOTES
     tcopy will only run on systems supporting an associated  set
     of  ioctl(2) requests.

SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    1