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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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