Manual page for MT(1)
mt - magnetic tape manipulating program
SYNOPSIS
mt
[
-f
tapename
]
command
[
count
]
DESCRIPTION
Mt
is used to give commands to a magnetic tape drive.
If a tape name is not specified,
mt
uses the device
/dev/rxt0.
Note
that
tapename
must reference a raw (not block) tape device.
By default
mt
performs the requested operation once. Operations
may be performed multiple times by specifying
count.
The available commands are listed below. Only as many
characters as are required to uniquely identify a command
need be specified.
- eof, weof
-
Write
count
end-of-file marks at the current position on the tape.
- fsf
-
Forward space
count
files.
- fsr
-
Forward space
count
records.
- bsf
-
Back space
count
files.
- bsr
-
Back space
count
records.
- rewind
-
Rewind the tape
(Count
is ignored).
- offline, rewoffl
-
Rewind the tape and place the tape unit off-line
(Count
is ignored).
- status
-
Print status information about the tape unit.
Mt
returns a 0 exit status when the operation(s) were successful,
1 if the command was unrecognized, and 2 if an operation failed.
FILES
/dev/rmt* Raw magnetic tape interface
SEE ALSO
dd(1), ioctl(2), environ(7)
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Last modified 11/5/97
