Topic:
How to write SEGY files on tape to a disk file using tcopy.

Description:
Sometimes it may be faster to write a SEGY file from tape to disk to avoid the
rewinding that occurs with tapes. One approach is to "tcopy" the files
from tape to a disk file if you are on a SUN system.

Solution:
1.) Create a file for each file on the tape that you want to write to disk using
    the touch command:
		touch line1
		touch line2
		   "    "
		   "    "

2.) Make sure the tape is fully rewound and/or has been forwarded to the file
    you want to write to disk:
		mt -f /dev/[device name] rewind

3.) Use tcopy command as many time as necessary to write one or more files off
    of the tape:
		tcopy /dev/[device name] line1
		tcopy /dev/[device name] line2



Last Modified on: 15-FEB-99