System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices

Copying to or from Tapes (tcopy Command)

You can copy magnetic tapes with the tcopy command.

For example, to copy from one streaming tape to a 9-track tape, type:

tcopy /dev/rmt0 /dev/rmt8

Press Enter.

See the tcopy command in the AIX 5L Version 5.1 Commands Reference for the exact syntax.