4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat8/arff.0

ARFF(8V)                                                              ARFF(8V)


NAME
       arff, flcopy - archiver and copier for floppy

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/arff [ key ] [ name ... ]
       /etc/flcopy [ -h ] [ -tn ]

DESCRIPTION
       Arff  saves and restores files on VAX console media (the console floppy
       on the VAX 11/780 and 785, the cassette on the 11/730, and the  console
       RL02  on  the  8600/8650).  Its actions are controlled by the key argu‐
       ment.  The key is a string of characters containing at most  one  func‐
       tion  letter  and possibly one or more function modifiers.  Other argu‐
       ments to the command are file names specifying which files  are  to  be
       dumped  or  restored.   The  default  options  are correct for the RX01
       floppy on the 780; for other console media,  the  f  and  m  flags  are
       required.

       Files names have restrictions, because of radix50 considerations.  They
       must be in the form 1-6 alphanumerics followed by "." followed  by  0-3
       alphanumerics.   Case  distinctions are lost.  Only the trailing compo‐
       nent of a pathname is used.

       The function portion of the key is specified by one  of  the  following
       letters:

       r       The  named  files  are  replaced  where found on the floppy, or
               added taking up the minimal possible portion of the first empty
               spot on the floppy.

       x       The named files are extracted from the floppy.

       d       The named files are deleted from the floppy.  Arff will combine
               contiguous deleted files into one  empty  entry  in  the  rt-11
               directory.

       t       The  names  of  the  specified  files are listed each time they
               occur on the floppy.  If no file argument is given, all of  the
               names on the floppy are listed.

       The  following  characters  may be used in addition to the letter which
       selects the function desired.

       v         The v (verbose) option, when used with the t  function  gives
                 more information about the floppy entries than just the name.

       f         causes arff to use the next  argument  as  the  name  of  the
                 archive instead of /dev/floppy.

       m         causes  arff  not  to  use  the mapping algorithm employed in
                 interleaving sectors around a floppy  disk.   In  conjunction
                 with  the  f  option it may be used for extracting files from
                 rt11 formatted cartridge disks, for example.  It may also  be
                 used  to  speed  up  reading  from and writing to rx02 floppy
                 disks, by using the ‘c’ device instead of the ‘b’ device.  It
                 must be used with TU58 or RL02 media.

       c         causes  arff  to create a new directory on the floppy, effec‐
                 tively deleting all previously existing files.

       Flcopy copies the console floppy disk (opened as  ‘/dev/floppy’)  to  a
       file  created in the current directory, named “floppy”, then prints the
       message “Change Floppy, hit return when done”.  Then flcopy copies  the
       local file back out to the floppy disk.

       The  -h option to flcopy causes it to open a file named “floppy” in the
       current directory and copy it to /dev/floppy; the -t option causes only
       the first n tracks to participate in a copy.

FILES
       /dev/floppy or /dev/rrx??
       floppy (in current directory)

SEE ALSO
       crl(4), fl(4), rx(4), tu(4), rxformat(8V)

AUTHORS
       Keith Sklower, Richard Tuck

BUGS
       Device errors are handled ungracefully.


4th Berkeley Distribution        May 20, 1986                         ARFF(8V)