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1.1     ! root        1: .TH ARFF 8
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: arff \- read RT11 files
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B arff
        !             6: [ key ] [ name ... ]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Arff
        !             9: saves and restores files
        !            10: from an RT11 volume,
        !            11: such as the VAX console floppy or tape.
        !            12: Its actions are controlled by the
        !            13: .I key
        !            14: argument.
        !            15: The
        !            16: .I key
        !            17: is a string of characters containing
        !            18: at most one function letter and possibly
        !            19: one or more function modifiers.
        !            20: Other arguments to the command are file
        !            21: names specifying which files are to be dumped or restored.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: RT11 filenames must be chosen from
        !            24: the character set
        !            25: .BR a-z0-9. .
        !            26: Unix filenames are trimmed to the last pathname element;
        !            27: upper-case letters are folded to lower-case.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: The 
        !            30: .I key
        !            31: must include one of the following letters:
        !            32: .TP
        !            33: .B  r
        !            34: The named files
        !            35: are replaced where found in the RT11 volume, or added taking up
        !            36: the minimal possible portion of the first empty spot.
        !            37: .TP
        !            38: .B  x
        !            39: The named files are extracted from the RT11 volume.
        !            40: .TP
        !            41: .B  d
        !            42: The named files are deleted from the volume.
        !            43: The resulting empty spots are coalesced where possible.
        !            44: .TP
        !            45: .B  t
        !            46: A table of contents for the RT11 volume is printed.
        !            47: If filenames are given,
        !            48: they are echoed if found.
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: The following modifiers may be added to the
        !            51: .IR key :
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .B  v
        !            54: Normally
        !            55: .I arff
        !            56: does its work silently.
        !            57: The
        !            58: .B v
        !            59: (verbose)
        !            60: option causes it to type the name of each file it treats
        !            61: preceded by the function letter.
        !            62: With the
        !            63: .B t
        !            64: function,
        !            65: .B v
        !            66: gives more information about the
        !            67: file than just the name.
        !            68: .TP
        !            69: .B f
        !            70: causes 
        !            71: .I arff
        !            72: to use the next argument as the name of the archive instead
        !            73: of
        !            74: .IR /dev/floppy . 
        !            75: .TP
        !            76: .B m
        !            77: causes
        !            78: .I arff
        !            79: not to use the mapping algorithm employed in interleaving sectors
        !            80: around a floppy disk.  In conjunction with the 
        !            81: .B f
        !            82: option it may be
        !            83: used for extracting files from
        !            84: non-floppy sources,
        !            85: such as the VAX-11/750 console cassette.
        !            86: .SH FILES
        !            87: /dev/floppy
        !            88: .SH AUTHORS
        !            89: Keith Sklower, Richard Tuck
        !            90: .SH BUGS
        !            91: Floppy errors are handled ungracefully.
        !            92: .br
        !            93: The program is too floppy-dependent.
        !            94: Mapping belongs in the device driver,
        !            95: or at least shouldn't be the default.

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