bcopy(1M)                                               bcopy(1M)



     NAME
          bcopy - interactive block copy

     SYNOPSIS
          /etc/bcopy

     DESCRIPTION
          bcopy dates from a time when neither the UNIX file system
          nor disk drives were as reliable as they are now.  bcopy
          copies from and to files starting at arbitrary block (512-
          byte) boundaries.

          bcopy asks the following questions:

             to:       the file or device to copy to
             offset:   the starting ``to'' block number
             from:     the file or device to copy from
             offset:   the starting ``from'' block number
             count:    the number of blocks to copy

          After count is exhausted, it repeats the from question (giv-
          ing you a chance to concatenate blocks at the
          to+offset+count location).  If you press RETURN in response
          to from, everything starts over.

          Press RETURN twice consecutively to terminate bcopy.

     FILES
          /etc/bcopy

     SEE ALSO
          cpio(1), dd(1).























     April, 1990                                                     1