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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1 b/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1 index 85a344e..5c65c39 100644 --- a/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1 +++ b/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1 @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ command appeared in .Bx 4.3 . .Sh BUGS Writting an image of a tape to a file does not preserve much more than -the raw data. Block size(s) and tape EOF marks are lost which would +the raw data. +Block size(s) and tape EOF marks are lost which would otherwise be preserved in a tape-to-tape copy. EOD is determined by two sequential EOF marks with no data between. @@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ will erroneously stop copying early in this case. When using the copy/verify option \-c .Xr tcopy 1 -does not rewind the tapes prior to start. A rewind is performed -after writing prior to the verification stage. If one doesn't start +does not rewind the tapes prior to start. +A rewind is performed +after writing prior to the verification stage. +If one doesn't start at BOT then the comparison may not be of the intended data. |
