When used with the option --help, MULTIBUF will show you a screen like this:
MultiBuf Revision: 1.1 (C) 1995 by Karsten Ballüder
Karsten.Ballueder@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
USAGE: /home/karsten/KBackup/multibuf/multibuf [options] filename
valid options:
-r, --read : set read mode
-w, --write : set write mode (default)
-v, --verbose : verbose progress reporting
-b, --blocksize : set size of each data block in bytes
-n, --nblocks : set number of blocks in each superblock
-c, --command "shell-command" : set command to execute at end of medium
-C, --command2 "shell-command" : set command to execute at begin of medium
-R, --retry-command "shell-command" : set command to execute when finding
wrong sequence number
-1, --end-only : only execute command at end of media
-2, --begin-and-end : exeute commands at end and begin of media
-s, --settings : display settings
-x, --exit : exit after processing options (for testing)
-h, --header : add header/sequence information to data
-E, --no-endmarker : do not use an endmarker
-F, --file-endmarker : write endmarker as a file on a mounted medium
-V, --version : print version information
return codes: 0=success, 1=read error, 2=write error, 3=wrong sequence