User`s guide

DUMP
(DUMP)
Displays on the terminal or printer, or writes to a file all or any contiguous part of
a file in octal words, octal bytes, ASCII characters, or Radix–50 characters. It is
useful for examining directories and files that contain binary data.
Format
DUMP filespec
Command Options
/[NO]ASCII
/BYTES
/END:value
/FOREIGN
/IGNORE
/ONLY:value
/OUTPUT:filespec
/ALLOCATE:size
/PRINTER
/TERMINAL
/RAD50
/START:value
/WORDS
Parameter
filespec
Specifies the device or file you want to examine.
Description
If you do not specify an output file, the listing prints on the line printer. If you do
not specify a file type for an output file, RT–11 uses DMP.
NOTE
The DUMP operation does not print data from track 0
of RX01 abd RX02 diskettes.
Block Numbers
• Some options (/ONLY, /START, and /END) accept a block number as an argument.
• All block numbers are in octal, and the first block of a device or file is block 0.
• To specify a decimal block number, follow the number with a decimal point.
98 RT–11 Command Descriptions