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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
commit | d6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c (patch) | |
tree | ece253b876159b39c620e62b6c9b1174642e070e /usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 |
initial import of NetBSD tree
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 b/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fe17cc69800 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)rmt.8 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 +.\" $Id: rmt.8,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:48:05 deraadt Exp $ +.\" +.Dd March 16, 1991 +.Dt RMT 8 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm rmt +.Nd remote magtape protocol module +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm rmt +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Rmt +is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs +in manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess +communication connection. +.Nm Rmt +is normally started up with an +.Xr rexec 3 +or +.Xr rcmd 3 +call. +.Pp +The +.Nm rmt +program accepts requests specific to the manipulation of +magnetic tapes, performs the commands, then responds with +a status indication. All responses are in +.Tn ASCII +and in +one of two forms. +Successful commands have responses of: +.Bd -filled -offset indent +.Sm off +.Sy A Ar number No \en +.Sm on +.Ed +.Pp +.Ar Number +is an +.Tn ASCII +representation of a decimal number. +Unsuccessful commands are responded to with: +.Bd -filled -offset indent +.Sm off +.Xo Sy E Ar error-number +.No \en Ar error-message +.No \en +.Xc +.Sm on +.Ed +.Pp +.Ar Error-number +is one of the possible error +numbers described in +.Xr intro 2 +and +.Ar error-message +is the corresponding error string as printed +from a call to +.Xr perror 3 . +The protocol is comprised of the +following commands, which are sent as indicated - no spaces are supplied +between the command and its arguments, or between its arguments, and +.Ql \en +indicates that a newline should be supplied: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.Sm off +.It Xo Sy \&O Ar device +.No \en Ar mode No \en +.Xc +Open the specified +.Ar device +using the indicated +.Ar mode . +.Ar Device +is a full pathname and +.Ar mode +is an +.Tn ASCII +representation of a decimal +number suitable for passing to +.Xr open 2 . +If a device had already been opened, it is +closed before a new open is performed. +.It Xo Sy C Ar device No \en +.Xc +Close the currently open device. The +.Ar device +specified is ignored. +.It Xo Sy L +.Ar whence No \en +.Ar offset No \en +.Xc +.Sm on +Perform an +.Xr lseek 2 +operation using the specified parameters. +The response value is that returned from the +.Xr lseek +call. +.Sm off +.It Sy W Ar count No \en +.Sm on +Write data onto the open device. +.Nm Rmt +reads +.Ar count +bytes from the connection, aborting if +a premature end-of-file is encountered. +The response value is that returned from +the +.Xr write 2 +call. +.Sm off +.It Sy R Ar count No \en +.Sm on +Read +.Ar count +bytes of data from the open device. +If +.Ar count +exceeds the size of the data buffer (10 kilobytes), it is +truncated to the data buffer size. +.Nm rmt +then performs the requested +.Xr read 2 +and responds with +.Sm off +.Sy A Ar count-read No \en +.Sm on +if the read was +successful; otherwise an error in the +standard format is returned. If the read +was successful, the data read is then sent. +.Sm off +.It Xo Sy I Ar operation +.No \en Ar count No \en +.Xc +.Sm on +Perform a +.Dv MTIOCOP +.Xr ioctl 2 +command using the specified parameters. +The parameters are interpreted as the +.Tn ASCII +representations of the decimal values +to place in the +.Ar mt_op +and +.Ar mt_count +fields of the structure used in the +.Xr ioctl +call. The return value is the +.Ar count +parameter when the operation is successful. +.It Sy S +Return the status of the open device, as +obtained with a +.Dv MTIOCGET +.Xr ioctl +call. If the operation was successful, +an ``ack'' is sent with the size of the +status buffer, then the status buffer is +sent (in binary). +.El +.Sm on +.Pp +Any other command causes +.Nm rmt +to exit. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +All responses are of the form described above. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr rcmd 3 , +.Xr rexec 3 , +.Xr mtio 4 , +.Xr rdump 8 , +.Xr rrestore 8 +.Sh BUGS +People tempted to use this for a remote file access protocol +are discouraged. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . |