10.4 MULTIBUF Command Line Options

When used with the option -help, MULTIBUF will show you a screen le this:

MultiBuf $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $      (C) 1995-1997 by Karsten Ballüder
                           (Ballueder@usa.net)

USAGE: /valid options:
   -r, --read            : set read mode
   -w, --write           : set write mode (default)
   -v, --verbose         : verbose progress reporting
   -b, --blocksize       : set size of each data block in bytes
   -n, --nblocks         : set number of blocks in each superblock
   -m, --multibuf        : enable multibuffering with this many buffers
   -c, --command "shell-command"  : set command to execute at end of medium
   -C, --command2 "shell-command" : set command to execute at begin of medium
   -R, --retry-command "shell-command" : set command to execute when finding
                                           wrong sequence number
   -1, --end-only        : only execute command at end of media
   -2, --begin-and-end   : exeute commands at end and begin of media
   -s, --settings        : display settings
   -x, --exit            : exit after processing options (for testing)
   -h, --header          : add header/sequence information to data
   -E, --no-endmarker    : do not use an endmarker
   -F, --file-endmarker  : write endmarker as a file on a mounted medium
   -p, --disable-padding : disable padding of incomplete input blocks
   -D, --disable-filemark-fix : for debugging purpose only
   -V, --version         : print version information

   return codes: 0=success, 1=read error, 2=write error, 3=wrong sequence