TPC---TAPE POSITION CONTROL TASK

THE TAPE POSITION CONTROL TASK (TPC) IS AVAILABLE TO ALLOW CONTROL OF
CERTAIN TAPE FUNCTIONS FROM THE CONSOLE. THE TAPES TO BE USED MUST
BE MOUNTED FOREIGN (MOU MT:/CHA=[FOR]   OR MOU MT1:/CHA=[FOR])
FOR TPC TO DO ANYTHING. COMMANDS ARE IN FREE FORM AND SHOULD INCLUDE
NUMBERS WHERE REQUIRED. NUMBERS MAY BE SEPARATED FROM COMMANDS BY
SPACES OR COMMAS, AND ONLY THE FIRST LETTER OF A COMMAND IS
SIGNIFICANT.

COMMAND		EXAMPLE		FUNCTION
REWIND #	REWIND 1	REWIND MT1: OR MT0: (R 0 REWINDS MT0:)
ENDFILE #	ENDF 0		WRITE END-FILE MARK ON MT0: OR MT1:
SKIP UNIT,#	SKP 0,10	SKIP "#" RECORDS (+ OR -) ON UNIT (UNIT=0 OR 1)
FILE UNIT,#	FIL 0,2		SKIP "#" FILES (+ OR -) ON UNIT (0 OR 1)