mt

Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape).

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• Check the status of a tape drive:

mt -f {/dev/nstX} status

• Rewind the tape to beginning:

mt -f {/dev/nstX} rewind

• Move forward a given files, then position the tape on first block of next file:

mt -f {/dev/nstX} fsf {count}

• Rewind the tape, then position the tape at beginning of the given file:

mt -f {/dev/nstX} asf {count}

• Position the tape at the end of valid data:

mt -f {/dev/nstX} eod

• Rewind the tape and unload/eject it:

mt -f {/dev/nstX} eject

• Write EOF (End-of-file) mark at the current position:

mt -f {/dev/nstX} eof

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