Forwarding the Tape or Floppy Disk

The T-FWD command advances a specified number of tape records or to the End-Of-File (EOF) mark.

Format

T-FWD [record]

Parameter(s)

record

Number of records you want to advance. The maximum is 32,767.

If an EOF mark is encountered before passing the specified number of records, or if record is not specified, the tape is positioned after the first EOF mark.

The following example moves the attached tape forward one record:

>T-FWD 1

BLOCK SIZE:  16896

You can also specify the argument in parentheses.

See Also

Using mvBase Tape Units