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1.1     ! root        1: .th MT I 6/12/72
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: mt  \*-  manipulate magtape
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd mt
        !             6: [ key ] [ name ... ]
        !             7: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .it mt
        !             9: saves and restores selected portions of the file system
        !            10: hierarchy on magtape.
        !            11: Its actions are controlled by the
        !            12: .it key
        !            13: argument.
        !            14: The key is a string of characters containing
        !            15: at most one function letter and possibly
        !            16: one or more function modifiers.
        !            17: Other arguments to the command are file or directory
        !            18: names specifying which files are to be dumped, restored,
        !            19: or tabled.
        !            20: .s3
        !            21: The function portion of
        !            22: the key is specified by one of the following letters:
        !            23: .s3
        !            24: .lp +3 3
        !            25: \fBr\fR        The indicated files and directories, together with
        !            26: all subdirectories, are dumped
        !            27: onto the tape.
        !            28: The old contents of the tape are lost.
        !            29: If no arguments are given,
        !            30: .bd r
        !            31: is the default.
        !            32: .s3
        !            33: .lp +3 3
        !            34: \fBx\fR        extracts the named files from the tape to the file system.
        !            35: The owner, mode, and date-modified are restored to what they
        !            36: were when the file was dumped.
        !            37: If no file argument is given, the entire contents of the
        !            38: tape are extracted.
        !            39: .s3
        !            40: .lp +3 3
        !            41: \fBt\fR        lists the names of all files stored on the tape which
        !            42: are the same as or are hierarchically below
        !            43: the file arguments.  If no file argument is given,
        !            44: the entire contents of the tape are tabled.
        !            45: .s3
        !            46: .lp +3 3
        !            47: \fBl\fR        is the same as
        !            48: .bd t
        !            49: except that an expanded listing
        !            50: is produced giving all the available information about the
        !            51: listed files.
        !            52: .s3
        !            53: .i0
        !            54: The following characters may be used in addition to the letter
        !            55: which selects the function desired.
        !            56: .s3
        !            57: .lp +8 8
        !            58: \fB0,|...,|7\fR        This modifier selects the drive on which the tape is mounted.
        !            59: .bd 0
        !            60: is the default.
        !            61: .s3
        !            62: .lp +8 8
        !            63: \fBv\fR        Normally
        !            64: .it mt
        !            65: does its work silently.  The
        !            66: .bd v
        !            67: (verbose)
        !            68: option causes it to type the name of each file it treats
        !            69: preceded by a letter to indicate what is happening:
        !            70: .bd a
        !            71: indicates a file is being added;
        !            72: .bd x
        !            73: indicates a file is being extracted.
        !            74: The
        !            75: .bd v
        !            76: option can be used with
        !            77: .bd r
        !            78: and
        !            79: .bd x
        !            80: only.
        !            81: .s3
        !            82: .lp +8 8
        !            83: \fBf\fR        causes
        !            84: new entries copied on tape to be `fake' in that
        !            85: only the entries, not the data associated
        !            86: with the entries are updated.
        !            87: Such fake entries cannot be extracted.
        !            88: Usable only with
        !            89: .bd r.
        !            90: .s3
        !            91: .lp +8 8
        !            92: \fBw\fR        causes
        !            93: .it mt
        !            94: to pause before treating each file, type
        !            95: the indicative letter and the file name (as with
        !            96: .bd v)
        !            97: and await the user's response.  Response
        !            98: .bd y
        !            99: means `yes', so the file is treated.  Null response
        !           100: means `no', and the file does not take part
        !           101: in whatever is being done.  Response
        !           102: .bd x
        !           103: means `exit';
        !           104: the
        !           105: .it mt
        !           106: command terminates immediately.  In the
        !           107: .bd x
        !           108: function,
        !           109: files previously asked about
        !           110: have been extracted already.
        !           111: With
        !           112: .bd r,
        !           113: no change has been made to the tape.
        !           114: .s3
        !           115: .i0
        !           116: .sh FILES
        !           117: /dev/mt?
        !           118: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !           119: tap(I), tap(V)
        !           120: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
        !           121: Several; the only non-obvious one is:
        !           122: .br
        !           123: `Phase error'\*- a file has changed after it was selected for
        !           124: dumping but before it was dumped.
        !           125: .br
        !           126: .sh BUGS
        !           127: It doesn't save the mode correctly, so files are restored
        !           128: mode 666.
        !           129: If, during an
        !           130: .bd x,
        !           131: the files are specified in a different order
        !           132: than they are on the tape,
        !           133: seek errors will result because the command believes
        !           134: the tape
        !           135: cannot be rewound.

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