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gentapes(1) General Commands Manual gentapes(1) NAME gentapes - Produces distribution magnetic tape media SYNOPSIS /usr/bin/gentapes [ -wv ] [ hostname:]product-code special FLAGS -w Specifies that gentapes writes to the tape, but does not verify it. -v Specifies that gentapes verifies the tape without writ- ing it first. If neither flag appears on the command line, the utility writes and then verifies the files in the kit descriptor. DESCRIPTION The gentapes utility is used to produce MT9 or TK50 magnetic tape me- dia. The utility determines the appropriate media-code (TK or MT) based on the type of the tape drive special, appends that media-code to the product-code, and then uses this combined kit identifier to search /etc/kitcap for the corresponding kit descriptor. The utility uses the information in the kit descriptor to copy files to the tape media mounted on tape drive special. When all files have been transferred, the tape is rewound and read. The sum command is run on each file, and the results are compared with the checksum given for that file in the kit image file. The gentapes utility can produce multivolume tape kits and multiproduct tape kits. See kitcap(4) for information on specify- ing these features. The optional hostname: argument is the name of a remote TCP/IP network machine that contains the kitcap file. The utility searches /etc/kit- cap on the remote machine for the kit identifier and uses it for creat- ing the media. The colon (:) is a required delimiter for TCP/IP net- works, and space is permitted between the colon and the product-code. For example, if the product code is ULT-4.2-V-BW, and the kitcap file to be used is on node mynode, the proper syntax for this option is: mynode:ULT-4.2-V-BW The product-code is a user defined code. It can be any set of numbers or letters, and is usually formed in a way to have some meaning as to the product that it describes. For example, if the product's name is MYP and its version is 1, a proper product-code for that product might be MYP010. The special argument indicates that the device is a special device such as /dev/nrmt0l. The actual partition that the utility writes the files on is defined in the kitcap description for the product-code that is being used. Therefore, it makes no difference what partition is ap- pended to the special device file used on the command line. FILES /dev/nrmt?l Device special files /etc/kitcap Kit descriptor database RELATED INFORMATION Commands: gentapes(1), sum(1) Files: kitcap(4) Documents: Guide to Preparing Product Kits delim off gentapes(1)