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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man8/arff.8 b/static/unix-v10/man8/arff.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4f082533 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man8/arff.8 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.TH ARFF 8 +.CT 1 sa_nonmortals +.SH NAME +arff \- read RT11 files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B arff +[ +.I key +] +[ +.I name ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Arff +reads and writes files +on an RT11 volume, +such as the VAX-11/780 console floppy or +11/750 console tape. +Its actions are controlled by the +.I key +argument, in the manner of +.IR ar (1). +Other arguments +are the names of files +to be read or written. +.PP +The RT11 filesystem restricts names to the character set +.BR a - z0 - 9.\| , +and there are no subdirectories. +Filename arguments are trimmed to the last pathname element +and mapped to lower case. +.PP +The key must contain one of the letters +.LR rxdt , +which mean the same as in +.I ar. +Unlike +.I ar, +however, +.I arff +may reorder files to fit without moving existing files. +.PP +Other key letters are +.TP +v +Verbose. +.TP +.B f +The next argument is the name of the archive instead +of the default +.FR /dev/floppy . +.TP +.B m +Omit the DEC-standard sector interleaving algorithm; +needed when the file isn't a floppy; +e.g. the 11/750 console cassette. +.SH FILES +.F /dev/floppy +.SH BUGS +Floppy errors are handled ungracefully. +.br +The program is too floppy-dependent. +Mapping belongs in the device driver, +or at least shouldn't be the default. |
