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mt - control magnetic tape drive operation
mt [-V] [-f device] [--file=device] [--rsh-command=command] [--version] operation [count]
This manual page documents the GNU version of mt. mt performs the given operation, which must be one of the tape operations listed below, on a tape drive.
The default tape device to operate on is taken from the file /usr/include/sys/mtio.h when mt is compiled. It can be overridden by giving a device file name in the environment variable TAPE or by a command line option (see below), which also overrides the environment variable.
The device must be either a character special file or a remote tape drive. To use a tape drive on another machine as the archive, use a filename that starts with `HOSTNAME:'. The hostname can be preceded by a username and an `@' to access the remote tape drive as that user, if you have permission to do so (typically an entry in that user's `~/.rhosts' file).
The available operations are listed below. Unique abbreviations are accepted. Not all operations are available on all systems, or work on all types of tape drives. Some operations optionally take a repeat count, which can be given after the operation name and defaults to 1.
mt exits with a status of 0 if the operation succeeded, 1 if the operation or device name given was invalid, or 2 if the operation failed.
Report bugs to <bug-cpio@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
January 28, 2014 | MT |