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NAME
arff - read RT11 files
SYNOPSIS
arff [ key ] [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Arff saves and restores files from an RT11 volume, such as the VAX con‐
sole floppy or tape. Its actions are controlled by the key argument.
The key is a string of characters containing at most one function let‐
ter and possibly one or more function modifiers. Other arguments to
the command are file names specifying which files are to be dumped or
restored.
RT11 filenames must be chosen from the character set a-z0-9.. Unix
filenames are trimmed to the last pathname element; upper-case letters
are folded to lower-case.
The key must include one of the following letters:
r The named files are replaced where found in the RT11 volume, or
added taking up the minimal possible portion of the first empty
spot.
x The named files are extracted from the RT11 volume.
d The named files are deleted from the volume. The resulting
empty spots are coalesced where possible.
t A table of contents for the RT11 volume is printed. If file‐
names are given, they are echoed if found.
The following modifiers may be added to the key:
v Normally arff does its work silently. The v (verbose) option
causes it to type the name of each file it treats preceded by
the function letter. With the t function, v gives more informa‐
tion about the file 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 inter‐
leaving sectors around a floppy disk. In conjunction with the f
option it may be used for extracting files from non-floppy
sources, such as the VAX-11/750 console cassette.
FILES
/dev/floppy
AUTHORS
Keith Sklower, Richard Tuck
BUGS
Floppy errors are handled ungracefully.
The program is too floppy-dependent. Mapping belongs in the device
driver, or at least shouldn't be the default.
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