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-.TH MT 1L \" -*- nroff -*-
-.SH NAME
-mt \- control magnetic tape drive operation
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B mt
-[\-V] [\-f device] [\-\-file=device] [\-\-version]
-operation [count]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-This manual page
-documents the GNU version of
-.BR mt .
-.B mt
-performs the given
-.IR operation ,
-which must be one of the tape operations listed below, on a tape
-drive.
-.PP
-The default tape device to operate on is taken from the file
-.I /usr/include/sys/mtio.h
-when
-.B mt
-is compiled. It can be overridden by giving a device file name in
-the environment variable
-.BR TAPE
-or by a command line option (see below), which also overrides the
-environment variable.
-.PP
-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).
-.PP
-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.
-.IP "eof, weof"
-Write
-.I count
-EOF marks at current position.
-.IP fsf
-Forward space
-.I count
-files.
-The tape is positioned on the first block of the next file.
-.IP bsf
-Backward space
-.I count
-files.
-The tape is positioned on the first block of the next file.
-.IP fsr
-Forward space
-.I count
-records.
-.IP bsr
-Backward space
-.I count
-records.
-.IP bsfm
-Backward space
-.I count
-file marks.
-The tape is positioned on the beginning-of-the-tape side of
-the file mark.
-.IP asf
-Absolute space to file number
-.IR count .
-Equivalent to rewind followed by fsf
-.IR count .
-.IP eom
-Space to the end of the recorded media on the tape
-(for appending files onto tapes).
-.IP rewind
-Rewind the tape.
-.IP "offline, rewoffl"
-Rewind the tape and, if applicable, unload the tape.
-.IP status
-Print status information about the tape unit.
-.IP retension
-Rewind the tape, then wind it to the end of the reel,
-then rewind it again.
-.IP erase
-Erase the tape.
-.PP
-.B 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.
-.SS OPTIONS
-.TP
-.I "\-f, \-\-file=device"
-Use
-.I device
-as the file name of the tape drive to operate on.
-To use a
-tape drive on another machine, 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).
-.TP
-.I "\-V, \-\-version"
-Print the version number of
-.BR mt .
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