NAME¶

dbtap - manipulate SIMH .tap magtape container files in DOS/BATCH-11 format

SYNOPSIS¶

dbtap -l CONTAINER ...
dbtap -c [OPTIONS] CONTAINER FILE ...
dbtap -a [OPTIONS] CONTAINER FILE ...
dbtap -e [OPTIONS] CONTAINER ...

DESCRIPTION¶

dbtap manipulates .tap magtape container files used by SIMH and written in DOS/BATCH-11 file format. It supports four different commands:

-l

List the contents of one or more container files.

-c

Create a new container and append the given files.

-a

Append the given files to an existing container.

-e

Extract files from one or more container files.

OPTIONS¶

-r LEN

Specify max tape record size when writing. (512 <= LEN <= 65536).

-A LIST

By default, files are transferred in Binary mode. This switch is used to specify file extensions which should be transferred in Ascii mode (e.g. ".MAC:.BAT" or ".MAC,.BAT").

-E

Include prog,proj in filename when extracting (e.g. "FILE_ggg_jjj.EXT").

-S

DOS/BATCH-11 uses 6+3 (name+extension) for filenames, including on magtape. Over time, the magtape definition changed to allow 9+3 filenames by adding an extra word to the filename record. By default, this program uses the 9+3 format but the -S switch may be used to force 6+3 filenames when writing to tape.

-P prog,proj

Specify prog,proj number when writing to tape. Numbers are in octal. Default is [1,1].

SEE ALSO¶

cpytap(1), rawtap(1)