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.TH DBTAP 1 2017\-10\-15 "simtools"
.SH NAME
dbtap \- manipulate SIMH .tap magtape container files in DOS/BATCH\-11 format
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.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdbtap\fR \fB\-l\fR \fICONTAINER\fR ...
.br
\fBdbtap\fR \fB\-c\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fICONTAINER\fR \fIFILE\fR ...
.br
\fBdbtap\fR \fB\-a\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fICONTAINER\fR \fIFILE\fR ...
.br
\fBdbtap\fR \fB\-e\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fICONTAINER\fR ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBdbtap\fR manipulates .tap magtape container files used by SIMH and written in
DOS/BATCH\-11 file format.
It supports four different commands:
.TP
\fB\-l\fR
List the contents of one or more container files.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR
Create a new container and append the given files.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
Append the given files to an existing container.
.TP
\fB\-e\fR
Extract files from one or more container files.
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.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-r\fR \fILEN\fR
Specify max tape record size when writing.
(512 <= \fILEN\fR <= 65536).
.TP
\fB\-A\fR \fILIST\fR
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").
.TP
\fB\-E\fR
Include prog,proj in filename when extracting (e.g. "FILE_ggg_jjj.EXT").
.TP
\fB\-S\fR
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 \fB\-S\fR switch may be
used to force 6+3 filenames when writing to tape.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR \fIprog,proj\fR
Specify prog,proj number when writing to tape.
Numbers are in octal.
Default is [1,1].
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR cpytap (1),
.BR rawtap (1)