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NAME
ldumpf -- list the permanent files on a Cyber DUMPF tape.
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USAGE
ldumpf dumpf_file file_list
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PARAMETERS
.ls dumpf_file
The DUMPF data source, i.e., the name of a magtape device or a DUMPF
format disk file.   If reading from tape, the files to be listed are
specified by the \fIfile_list\fR parameter.
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.ls file_list
A string listing the DUMPF files to be listed from \fIdumpf_file\fR.
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DESCRIPTION
Cyber permanent files stored on DUMPF tapes are listed.  The permanent file
name, cycle number, owner id, dates of last attach, last alteration and
the creation date are printed.  Task \fBldumpf\fR lists the contents of a 
DUMPF tape;
to convert IPPS rasters stored on DUMPF tapes to IRAF images, use task
\fBrdumpf\fR.
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EXAMPLES
List all permanent files on a DUMPF tape:

	cl> ldumpf mta 1-999

List information for the 4th permanent file on the tape:

	cl> ldumpf mta 4
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BUGS
The Cyber format readers, including task \fIldumpf\fR, have not been 
implemented on SUN/IRAF and AOS/IRAF.

The current version of IRAF magtape I/O does not read beyond the first
volume of a multivolume tape.
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SEE ALSO
rdumpf
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