ŸCopy a tape drive's trace table.
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This service aid may be run directly from the AIX command line. The following us statement describes the syntax of the command (path is /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/utape):
Usage:
utape
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utape
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Chapter 9. Introducing Tasks and