ARFF(8) ARFF(8)
NAME
arff - read RT11 files
SYNOPSIS
arff [ key ] [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
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 key argument, in the manner of
ar(1). Other arguments are the names of files to be read or
written.
The RT11 filesystem restricts names to the character set
a-z0-9., and there are no subdirectories. Filename argu-
ments are trimmed to the last pathname element and mapped to
lower case.
The key must contain one of the letters `rxdt', which mean
the same as in ar. Unlike ar, however, arff may reorder
files to fit without moving existing files.
Other key letters are
v Verbose.
f The next argument is the name of the archive instead of
the default
m Omit the DEC-standard sector interleaving algorithm;
needed when the file isn't a floppy; e.g. the 11/750
console cassette.
FILES
BUGS
Floppy errors are handled ungracefully.
The program is too floppy-dependent. Mapping belongs in the
device driver, or at least shouldn't be the default.