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37 .Nd remote magtape protocol module
43 utility is used by the remote dump and restore programs
44 in manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess
45 communication connection. It is normally started up with an
51 utility accepts requests specific to the manipulation of
52 magnetic tapes, performs the commands, then responds with
53 a status indication. All responses are in
57 Successful commands have responses of:
58 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
60 .Sy A Ar number No \en
67 representation of a decimal number.
68 Unsuccessful commands are responded to with:
69 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
71 .Xo Sy E Ar error-number
72 .No \en Ar error-message
79 is one of the possible error
84 is the corresponding error string as printed
87 The protocol is comprised of the
88 following commands, which are sent as indicated - no spaces are supplied
89 between the command and its arguments, or between its arguments, and
91 indicates that a newline should be supplied:
94 .It Xo Sy \&O Ar device
95 .No \en Ar mode No \en
103 is a full pathname and
107 representation of a decimal
108 number suitable for passing to
110 If a device had already been opened, it is
111 closed before a new open is performed.
113 .It Xo Sy C Ar device No \en
116 Close the currently open device. The
118 specified is ignored.
127 operation using the specified parameters.
128 The response value is that returned from the
132 .It Sy W Ar count No \en
134 Write data onto the open device.
139 bytes from the connection, aborting if
140 a premature end-of-file is encountered.
141 The response value is that returned from
146 .It Sy R Ar count No \en
150 bytes of data from the open device.
153 exceeds the size of the data buffer (10 kilobytes), it is
154 truncated to the data buffer size.
157 utility then performs the requested
161 .Sy A Ar count-read No \en
164 successful; otherwise an error in the
165 standard format is returned. If the read
166 was successful, the data read is then sent.
168 .It Xo Sy I Ar operation
169 .No \en Ar count No \en
175 command using the specified parameters.
176 The parameters are interpreted as the
178 representations of the decimal values
183 fields of the structure used in the
185 call. The return value is the
187 parameter when the operation is successful.
189 Return the status of the open device, as
193 call. If the operation was successful,
194 an ``ack'' is sent with the size of the
195 status buffer, then the status buffer is
199 Any other command causes
203 All responses are of the form described above.
215 People should be discouraged from using this for a remote
216 file access protocol.