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^^*SKIP\\
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^THE ^^SKIP\\ COMMAND IS A COMMAND USED TO POSITION A MAGTAPE. ^THERE ARE
FOUR VALID FORMS THAT THIS COMMAND MAY TAKE. ^THEY ARE:
.SKIP 1
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1.	^^$SKIP\\ DEV: X ^^BLOCKS\\
.SKIP 1
^THIS COMMAND IS USED TO POSITION THE MAGTAPE WITHIN A FILE. 'DEV:' IS ANY
MAGTAPE DEVICE (E.G., ^^STA0:\\) AND 'X' IS THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS TO SKIP.
^IF 'X' IS POSITIVE, THE TAPE IS POSITIONED FORWARD. ^IF 'X' IS NEGATIVE,
THE TAPE IS POSITIONED BACKWARDS. ^THE TAPE POSITIONING WILL STOP WHEN: AN
END OF FILE IS ENCOUNTERED, THE ^^BOT\\ MARKER IS REACHED, OR THE ^^EOT\\
MARKER IS REACHED.
.SKIP 1
.INDENT -5
2.	^^$SKIP\\ DEV: X ^^FILES\\
.SKIP 1
^THIS COMMAND IS USED TO POSITION THE MAGTAPE AFTER AN ^^EOF\\. 'DEV:' IS ANY
MAGTAPE DEVICE AND 'X' IS THE NUMBER OF FILES TO SKIP. ^IF 'X' IS POSITIVE,
THE TAPE IS POSITIONED FORWARD 'X' FILES. ^IF 'X' IS NEGATIVE, THE TAPE
IS POSITIONED BACKWARDS. ^WHEN POSITIONING BACKWARDS THE TAPE IS LEFT ^^AFTER\\
THE ^XTH ^^EOF\\ MARK.
.SKIP 1
.INDENT -5
3.	^^$SKIP\\ DEV: X ^^RECORDS\\
.SKIP 1
^THIS COMMAND IS THE SAME AS THE ^^$SKIP BLOCKS\\ COMMAND.
.SKIP 1
.INDENT -5
4.	^^SKIP\\ DEV: ^^EOT\\
.SKIP 1
^THIS COMMAND IS USED TO POSITION THE MAGTAPE AFTER THE FIRST ^^EOF\\ MARK
OF A LOGICAL ^^EOT\\. (^A LOGICAL ^^EOT\\ IS DEFINED A TWO SUCCESSIVE ^^EOF\\
MARKS WITHOUT ANY DATA BETWEEN THEM.)