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FILE2TAP(1)                  Retro Project Manual                  FILE2TAP(1)


NAME
       file2tap - create a tap format tape container from individual files

SYNOPSIS
       file2tap -c TNAM -b n FLIST...
       file2tap -a TNAM -b n FLIST...

DESCRIPTION
       Creates  (-c) a new or appends (-a) to an existing tap format tape con-
       tainer file NAM and adds files. The tape record size is specified  with
       a  -b option followed by the record size in units 512 bytes.  Each tape
       file is built from a comma-separated list of disk  files  FLIST,  which
       are  concatenated  and  written with a record size given by the last -b
       option.

       file2tap writes to stdout a one-line  message  for  each  created  file
       which  gives  the  file  number,  number of records, the record size in
       bytes, and the names of the disk files used to build the tape file.

OPTIONS
       -c TNAM
              create a new tap format tape container with the name TNAM.

       -a TNAM
              append to the existing tap format tape container TNAM.

       -b n   gives the record size, in units of 512 bytes, for the  following
              files.

EXAMPLES
       file2tap -c tape.tap -b 20 patch.tar
           converts  the  tar(1)  archive file patch.tar into a tape container
           file tape.tap. The record size is 20*512 or 10240 bytes, the  stan-
           dard block size of Unix V7 format tar archives.


       file2tap -c tape.tap -b 1 b0,b1,b2 -b 2 f1 f2 -b 20 f3 f4 f5
           creates  a  tape  container  file tape.tap with six tape files. The
           first has a record length of 512 bytes and is composed of the  con-
           catenation  of  the disk files b0, b1, and b2. The second and third
           tape file have a record length of 1024 bytes and are  created  from
           f1  and  f2,  respectively. The remaining three files have a record
           length of 10240 bytes.


SEE ALSO
       tap2file(1)


AUTHOR
       Walter F.J. Mueller <W.F.J.Mueller@gsi.de>


Retro Project                     2015-06-03                       FILE2TAP(1)