---
name: "kctape"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kcemu"
version: "0.5.2+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kctape"
---

# kctape(1)

handle tape files for KCemu

## NAME

kctape - handle tape files for KCemu

## SYNOPSIS

**kctape -t tapefile \[command \[command\_args\]\]**\
 **kctape --help**\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **kctape** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show short help text.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Be verbose about what's going on.

- **-t, --tape tapefile**

  tape archive to process.

- **-l, --list**

  List the content of the tapefile.

- **-c, --create**

  Create the specified tapefile.

- **-a, --add file \[file ...\]**

  Add new file to tapefile (in KC85/3 mode).

- **-1, --add1 file \[file ...\]**

  Add new file to tapefile (in KC85/1 mode).

- **-r, --remove filename**

  Remove file from tapefile.

- **-x, --extract filename**

  Extract file to stdout or to the file specified by -o.

- **-d, --dump filename**

  Hexdump file from tapefile.

- **-o, --output filename**

  Output file for the extract command.

- **-b, --print-bam**

  Show internal block allocation map.

- **-B, --print-block-list**

  Show internal block list.

## SEE ALSO

[kcemu(1x)](/kcemu/1x.md), [kc2tap(1)](/kc2tap/1.md), [kc2wav(1)](/kc2wav/1.md), [kc2img(1)](/kc2img/1.md), [kc2raw(1)](/kc2raw/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Torsten Paul \<Torsten.Paul@gmx.de\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).