1 06/12/87  dump
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 3 Syntax: dump {offset} {n_words} {char_types}
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 6 Function:  displays the contents of the record buffer (filled
 7 with the read_record request) on the users terminal.  If no
 8 arguments are specified, the contents of the entire tape buffer
 9 are displayed in octal format.  If the n_words argument is
10 specified, it must follow offset.  However, these arguments may
11 be positioned before or after any char_type arguments that may
12 be specified.  The offset and n_words arguments must be specified
13 in octal.  If offset is specified without being followed by
14 n_words, then the tape buffer is dumped starting with the
15 <offset>th word and ending with the last word in the tape buffer.
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18 The char_type optional arguments allow interpretation of the data
19 contained in the tape buffer in various character formats.  If
20 more than one char_type argument is specified, then the tape
21 buffer is dumped with the first character interpretation,
22 followed by the next character interpretation, and so on until
23 all requested data formats have been dumped.  The value of
24 char_type can be selected from the following:
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26    -ascii
27       displays the contents of the record buffer in octal with an
28       ASCII interpretation of the data on the right side.
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30    -bcd
31       displays the contents of the record buffer in octal with a BCD
32       interpretation of the data on the right side
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35    -ebcdic
36       displays the contents of the record buffer in octal with an
37       EBCDIC interpretation of the data on the right side.
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39    -hex
40       displays the record buffer in hexadecimal format.
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