ARFF(1M)

NAME
arff - archiver for floppy

SYNOPSIS
arff [ key ] [ name ... ]

DESCRIPTION
Arff saves and restores files on the console floppy disk. Its actions are controlled by the key argument. The key is a string of characters containing at most one function letter and possibly one or more function modifiers. Other arguments to the command are file names specifying which files are to be dumped or restored.

Files names have restrictions, because of radix50 considerations. They must be in the form 1-6 alphanumerics followed by "." followed by 0-3 alphanumerics. Case distinctions are lost. Only the trailing component of a pathname is used.

The function portion of the key is specified by one of the following letters:

r   The named files are replaced where found on the floppy, or added taking up the minimal possible portion of the first empty spot on the floppy.

x   The named files are extracted from the floppy.

d   The named files are deleted from the floppy. Arff will combine contiguous deleted files into one empty entry in the rt-11 directory.

t   The names of the specified files are listed each time they occur on the floppy. If no file argument is given, all of the names on the floppy are listed.

The following characters may be used in addition to the letter which selects the function desired.

v   Normally arff does its work silently. The v (verbose) option causes it to type the name of each file it treats preceded by the function letter. With the t function, v gives more information about the floppy entries than just the name.

f   causes arff to use the next argument as the name of the archive instead of /dev/floppy.

m   causes arff not to use the mapping algorithm employed in interleaving sectors around a floppy disk. In conjunction with the f option it may be used for extracting files from rt11 formatted cartridge disks, for example.

FILES
/dev/floppy

SEE ALSO
``Configuring the Berkeley Virtual Memory Extensions to theUNIX System'' which describes how to set up boot files on the floppy.

BUGS
Multiple segmented rt11 directories are not yet supported.
Floppy errors are handled ungracefully.

AUTHORS
Keith Sklower, Richard Tuck