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access.tape

Modifier/Access: Verbs, Releases: AP and R83

Produces Access report from magnetic media.

Description

retrieves data from the currently attached magnetic media, rather than the actual data level of the file.

The tape must have been created in a 't-dump' format and must be positioned to the beginning of the appropriate tape file. The attribute-defining items specified in the Access sentence are retrieved from the dictionary level of the specified filename.

Example

list invoices with date >= '1/1/91' and <= '12/31/91'
tape

This example assumes that the appropriate ('t-dump') media has been
attached and previously positioned at the proper tape file.

See Also

Command Name Type Description
access.modifiers Definition List of Access modifiers.
access.t-load Verb: Access Loads data from t-dump format magnetic media.
tcl.list-device Verb: Access Lists Unix devices used as 'tapes'.
tcl.set-device Verb: Access Attaches device (sct/floppy/half) on AIX.
tcl.t-att Verb: Access Attaches magnetic media unit to current process.
access.t-dump Verb: Access Dumps items to tape.

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