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mt

Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). tldr-pages

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Check the status of a tape drive

mt -f /dev/nstX statusIdentify

Rewind the tape to beginning

mt -f /dev/nstX rewindIdentify

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

mt -f /dev/nstX fsf countIdentify

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

mt -f /dev/nstX asf countIdentify

Position the tape at the end of valid data

mt -f /dev/nstX eodIdentify

Rewind the tape and unload/eject it

mt -f /dev/nstX ejectIdentify

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

mt -f /dev/nstX eofIdentify