TOPS-10 Monitor Calls Manual Volume 2 AA-K039D ... - Trailing-Edge

MTBLK. [MTAPE 13]
22.92 MTBLK. [MTAPE 13]
FUNCTION
writes three inches of blank tape.
an extended I/O channel.
Use FILOP. to perform an MTBLK. on
CALLING SEQUENCE
MTBLK.
return
channo,
In the calling sequence, the program supplies the channo, which is the
number of a channel initialized for a magtape device.
RETURN
Three inches of blank tape are written ori the device
the given channel.
associated with
EXAMPLES
MTBLK. 5,
Three inches of blank tape is written to the magtape on the unit
associated with channel 5.
RELATED CALLS
o
o
FILOP.
TAPOP.
COMMON PROGRAMMING ERRORS
Including ,an error return where none exists.
Forgetting to include a comma after the channel number.
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