Copyright © 23 February 1999 Claus-Justus Heine
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The Ftape Tools ManualThis file documents the programs contained in the ftape-tools package for use with the ftape floppy tape driver for Linux.
This document applies to version 1.07.3 of the ftape-tools package.
| Copying | Your rights and freedoms. |
| Introduction | General information and requirements. |
| Installation | Configure, compile and install package. |
| Ftape-tool | The `tcl/tk' Interface. |
| Ftformat | Formatting floppy tape cartridges. |
| Ftmt | The ftape mt program. |
| Listtape | Perl script to list the tape contents. |
| Swapout | The memory de-fragmentation program. |
| Vtblc | The ftape volume table manipulator. |
| Contrib | Various hacks and tricks. |
| Concept Index | Index of concepts. |
| Function Index | Index of library functions. |
| --- The Detailed Node Listing --- | |
| Introduction | |
| Overview | What it is. |
| Requirements | What is needed to use it. |
| How to configure, compile and install the ftape-tools package. | |
| Configuration | Special options for the configure script |
| Building | Building and installing the programs |
| Testing | Testing the programs |
Special options for the configure script.
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| Testing options | Running destructive tests |
| Documentation formatting | Modifying the outlook of the documentation |
| NLS support | Native language support |
| Ftape-tool | |
| Ftape-Tool Overview | What it is. |
| Invoking Ftape-Tool | How to run it. |
| Testing Ftape-Tool | Are there any tests? No! |
| Ftformat | |
| Ftformat Overview | What it is. |
| Invoking Ftformat | How to format cartridges. |
| Ftformat Problems | Known problems. |
| Testing Ftformat | Are there any tests available? No! |
| Invoking Ftformat | |
| Ftformat Synopsis | All options in 15 lines ... |
| Ftformat Options | List of options with explanations. |
| Ftformat Examples | Some common cases. |
| Ftmt | |
| Ftmt Overview | What it is. |
| Invoking Ftmt | How to run ftmt. |
| Testing Ftmt | Destructive test-runs. |
| Invoking Ftmt | |
| Synopsis | Brief summary of options. |
| Options | List of options with explanations. |
| Examples | Pointer to examples. |
| Listtape | |
| Listtape Overview | What it is. |
| Invoking Listtape | How to run listtape. |
| Testing Listtape | Are there any tests? No! |
| Invoking Listtape | |
| Listtape Synopsis | All options in two lines. |
| Listtape Options | List of options with explanations. |
| Listtape Examples | A simple example. |
| Swapout | |
| Swapout Overview | What it is. |
| Invoking Swapout | How to run the program. |
| Testing Swapout | Available DejaGnu tests. |
| Invoking swapout | |
| Swapout Synopsis | All options in a single line. |
| Swapout Options | List of options with explanations. |
| Swapout Examples | A simple example. |
| Vtblc | |
| Vtblc Overview | What it is. |
| Invoking Vtblc | How to run vtblc. |
| Testing Vtblc | Destructive test-runs. |
| Libftvt | Volume table manipulation library. |
| Invoking Vtblc | |
| Vtblc Synopsis | All options in 8 lines. |
| Vtblc Options | List of options with explanations. |
| Vtblc Examples | Some simple examples. |
| Libftvt -- the volume table manipulation library | |
| Libvtblc compatibility | Guess what it is. |
| API | The application program interface. |
| The API of libvtblc | |
| Option Settings | Controlling the behaviour of the library. |
| Tape I/O | Accessing the tape drive. |
| Printing and Parsing | Printing the volume table and parsing of input. |
| Modifying Entries | Creating new entries and modifying fields. |
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