Notes

Parameters:

   -f tapename          The name of the input tape [optional]


Commands:

cl[ose] {input|output}
    Closes the indicated tape.     

c[opy] [no]tra[nslate] | line | [no]warn | ter[minal] | scr[een] |
        outp[ut] | line(char|char12|int|none) | 
        tra[nslate](mts|oldmts|ibm) | files=RANGE | input=name |
        ri[nput]=name | si[nput]=name | output=name | 
        records=n | bytes=n | blocks=n | notify=n | 
        format={mts*fs|FORMATSPEC} | prefix=N[l] | eol={yes|no}

da[techeck] {input|output} {on|off}

di[splay] {input[=path]|output[=path]} | ri[nput]=path | si[nput]=path |
        blocks=N | length=N |

ditto tapename

    Doesn't work.

du[plicate] [[no]warn] [files=RANGE] | [notify=N]
	Duplicates the input tape to the output tape, restricted to the
    indicated range of files if specified.

eo[v] [input|output] on|off

ex[pire] [input|output] [reset|month day year]
    The month, day, and year parameters are numbers.

fi[lename] [input|output] name
    name can be a quoted string or a literal no longer than 17
    characters.

fo[rmat] [input|output] FORMATSPEC

initialize TAPENAME {vol[ume]|ibmvol[ume]|ansivol[ume]|tosvol[ume]}=VOL 
            [owner=OWNER]
    TAPENAME is the name of the tape, not input or output.  VOL may be 
    quoted (in which case it is not upper-cased) or UNLABELED or
    UNLABELLED.  OWNER may be quoted (in which case it is not upper-
    cased).

li[st] [input|output] [doc[umentation]] [dat[es]] [files=RANGE] 
     [notify=N]

lp [input|output] {on|off}

open [input|output] TAPENAME

po[sition] [input|output] [eot|N]

pr[efix] [input|output] [reset] [len[gth]=N[l]]
    Set the prefix to the to the length given.  Appending "l" to the
    length means to write a BDW.

rec[ordingmode] [input|output] {record|stream}

rew[ind] [input|output]

sto[p]

str[ucture] is a synomym for recordingmode

terminate [output] {eot|N}

translate [input|output] [on|off] [mts|oldmts|ibm]

warn {on|off}

RANGE is a range of files specified as N or N-M where N and M are either numbers or EOT.

FORMATSPEC is fmt(blklen,reclen) where fmt is one of
    ds or dbs
    vs or vbs
    v or vb
    fb or fbs
    f or fs
    u
The format specifier, fmt, may be suffixed with a or m to specify ascii or machine carriage control.