The Ftape Tools Manual - Invoking Vtblc
-f, --file=FILE
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Tape device to use. Default is ` | ||||||||||
-h, -?, --help, --usage
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Print help information to STDOUT. | ||||||||||
-V, --version
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Print version information to STDOUT | ||||||||||
-d, --debug
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Unused yet. | ||||||||||
-v, --verbose
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Unused yet. | ||||||||||
-#, --vtbl-entry=NR
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Specify the volume number for | ||||||||||
-p, --print[=parsable]
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Print the volume table entry given by
If the argument | ||||||||||
-t, --truncate[=SIZE]
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Truncate the volume table to SIZE entries by filling the remainder with zero bytes. If SIZE is omitted then the last entry is deleted. | ||||||||||
-a, --append
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Append an entry to the end of the volume table. | ||||||||||
-m, --modify
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Modify the volume table entry given by
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vtblc interpretes the following keywords - values pairs with the
--append and --modify options:
#
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The ` |
| VTBL START | |
| VTBL END | The entire volume table piped to vtblc has to be surrounded by a VTBL START - VTBL END pair. |
| ENTRY NUM |
Starts the description for the volume NUM. This may be omitted if
the |
| ENTRY END |
Here END is not a placeholder, but means the word ` |
| SIGNATURE SIG |
Valid signature string. Only |
| START STARTSEG | First segment of this volume. |
| END ENDSEG | Last segment of this volume. |
| DESCRIPTION DESC | Description for this volume table. Will be truncated to 44 characters. |
| DATE DATESTR |
Date for the volume. If DATESTR is omitted, then the current
local time is used. See |
| FLAG_VENDOR_SPECIFIC VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| FLAG_MULTI_CARTRIDGE VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| FLAG_NOT_VERIFIED VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| FLAG_REDIRECTION_INHIBIT VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| FLAG_SEGMENT_SPANNING VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| FLAG_DIRECTORY_LAST VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| FLAG_RESERVED_6 VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| FLAG_RESERVED_7 VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| MULTI_CARTRIDGE_COUNT VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| VENDOR_EXTENSION HEX |
Vendor extension data. HEX is a string of hexadecimal byte values,
e.g. |
| PASSWORD HEX | Password. HEX as above. Ignored by ftape. |
| DIRECTORY_SIZE VAL | Ignored by ftape. |
| DATA_SIZE VAL64 | 64 bit value (a decimal count). |
| OS_VERSION HEX | Here HEX is a hexadecimal 4 bytes value. |
| SOURCE_DRIVE DRVSTR | Source drive. DRVSTR is a 16 byte string. Ignored by ftape. |
| DEVICE HEXBYTE | A single byte in hexadecimal notation. Ignored by ftape. |
| RESERVED_1 HEXBYTE | Ignored by ftape. |
| COMPRESSION_FLAGS HEXBYTE | |
| FORMAT HEXBYTE | |
| RESERVED_2 HEXBYTE | |
| RESERVED_3 HEXBYTE |
Strings with spaces have to be surrounded by double quotes like this:
`'. VAL is some decimal
number. HEXBYTE is a two digit hexadecimal value.
"word1 word2"
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