Linux Pocket Guide by Daniel J. Barrett

Linux Pocket Guide by Daniel J. Barrett

Author:Daniel J. Barrett
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Linux, Reference
ISBN: 9780596006280
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 2004-03-01T10:00:00+00:00


Name

mt [-f device] command — mt-st

Synopsis

/bin stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version

The mt (magnetic tape) command performs simple operations on a tape drive, such as rewinding, skipping forward and backward, and retensioning. Some common operations are:

status

Show the status of the drive.

rewind

Rewind the tape.

retension

Retension the tape.

erase

Erase the tape.

offline

Take the tape drive offline.

eod

Move forward on the tape to the end of data.

For example:

$ mt -f /dev/tape rewind

You can also move through the tape, file by file or record by record, but often you'll use a tape reading/writing program for that, such as tar or restore.



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