rewind statement

The rewind statement rewinds the currently attached magnetic tape unit to the beginning of the tape.

Syntax

rewind [then|else|onerr statement.block]

Description

If the tape is not attached or not online, the else or onerr clause, if present, is executed. Otherwise the then clause is executed. In addition, the onerr clause can be used to check for a tape unit not ready error.

Either else or onerr can be specified, but not both.

Example(s)

execute ’t-att’
rewind else
crt ’cannot rewind the tape’
stop
end