dump_tape(1)

🌸 dump_tape(1) — the girl's guide to dumping tape contents 🌸

ok so this is a User Commands page from the mhvtl manual set, and bestie, it's basically a little detective tool that shows you what's chillin' on your virtual tapes. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

dump_tape — a utility to dump tape contents for virtual media in VTL. no cap, that's literally the whole job 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dump_tape [ -h ]
dump_tape [ OPTIONS]

see how simple that is? two whole moods. either you ask for help, or you pass it some options. icon behaviour, honestly ⭐

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea: dump_tape dumps the contents of the PCL you specify. 🫶

And if you point it at a library, it goes looking there — but if you don't specify one, it just goes ahead and looks through all of the libraries. main character energy: it will find the tape. 😭✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -h — display usage information and exit. the classic "help me help you" flag 🥺
• -v — be verbose. it will tell you more about what it's doing, and honestly? we love a talkative icon 💬
• -d — print debugging information. for when you need to see the inner workings 🔍
• -llib_no — -l n Where lib_no is the library index number (default library index numbers 10 & 30). note it's glued right onto the flag with no space, iykyk 🎀
• -m PCL — where PCL is the Physical Cartridge Label (barcode). ⚠️ this one is required ⚠️ like, you cannot skip it, bestie, it's the whole point 💀
• -D — dump data 📼✨

lowkey reminder: -m PCL is not optional. it says "required" right there in the manual. do not test it. 🙈

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Written by Mark Harvey 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

Needs to be made user friendly. 💀🙈 (the manual says it, not me!! i'm just the messenger 🫶)

🌸 REPORTING BUGS 🌸

Report bugs to <markh794@gmail.com> — like, actually tell them, don't just suffer in silence 😭

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright © 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

read that again: NO warranty. not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. so like… be chill about it 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• make_vtl_media(1)
• library_contents(5)
• vtlcmd(1)
• vtllibrary(1)
• vtltape(1)
• edit_tape(1)
• preload_tape(1)

the whole friend group fr fr 💅✨

okay that's the page!! this one's from mhvtl version 1.72_release+6.a11b6777660..., dated May 2025 — go dump some tapes bestie, ily, bye 💖🎀🦋